Buyers touring Troon North almost always ask some version of the same question: does the house come with the golf club. The honest answer takes a minute to unpack. The HOA that maintains the trails and enforces architectural guidelines has nothing to do with the golf course. The course is run by a separate company with its own rules, and that company's own membership page states that full golf memberships, along with the waiting list behind them, are not currently open.
That does not mean golf is off the table in Troon North. It means the actual path to playing here looks nothing like the picture in most buyers' heads, and confusing this club with the very different private clubs a few miles away costs people real time during a transaction.
Three Names, One Confusing Overlap
Anyone searching "Troon" real estate in Scottsdale runs into a naming problem almost immediately. Troon North and Troon Village are two separate master-planned communities that happen to share a mountain and a syllable. Troon North is the 1,800-acre plan built starting in 1989, split across 13 distinct sub-communities and anchored by two Tom Weiskopf-designed courses, the Monument and the Pinnacle. Troon Village sits nearby, wraps around Troon Mountain itself, and is anchored by a completely different club: Troon Country Club, a fully private facility with its own membership roster and waitlist.
The two clubs are not interchangeable, and the confusion is not academic. It shapes what a buyer should actually expect to pay for golf access, and whether that access is even something money alone can buy right now.
The Golf Course You Can Play Without Joining Anything
Troon North Golf Club operates as a semi-private facility, and in practice that means most people who play the Monument and Pinnacle courses are not members at all. Tee times are bookable up to 90 days in advance with no membership required, which puts Troon North in different territory entirely from a fully private club like the one anchoring Troon Village a few miles away. Pricing is dynamic rather than fixed: peak season, mid-January through late April, runs $300 or more for a prime morning tee time, with a 5 percent water surcharge added at checkout on top of the quoted rate. Summer rates drop 50 to 70 percent from that peak.
The membership category does exist alongside the public model, and the club's own site currently states that full golf memberships, along with the waiting list behind them, are not open. For a buyer who wants the guaranteed access and clubhouse privileges that come with a formal membership, that category is not something to plan around at closing. For a buyer who just wants to play the two courses the community is named for, the public tee time system is the actual mechanism, and it works independently of the HOA, the sub-association, and any assumption a listing description might imply. That distinction matters more than it sounds: a home price in Troon North reflects the house and the lot. It does not, on its own, reflect any guaranteed golf privilege, and the two markets, real estate and club access, run on entirely separate systems.
Troon Village, next door, plays by different rules entirely. Its anchor club, Troon Country Club, is fully private, and membership does not transfer with a real estate purchase at all, a policy that puts it in different company than nearby clubs like Silverleaf, Desert Highlands, Estancia, and Desert Mountain, where membership can pass to a new owner. Troon Country Club's full golf membership initiation rose from $150,000 to $200,000 starting in January 2025, the club caps itself at 300 golf memberships and 250 social memberships, and a golf applicant can expect a 3 to 4 year wait even after paying in. Anyone comparing the two communities by name alone is comparing two entirely different economics.
HOA dues do not control golf access or pricing in Troon North. The club sets its own membership categories, fees, and tee time policies as a separate legal and financial entity from every HOA in the master plan.
Some individual sub-communities have negotiated resident programs over the years, discounted rates or a preferred tee time window for owners inside a specific gate. None of that is guaranteed across the master plan, and none of it should be assumed from a listing description. The only way to know what, if anything, comes with a specific address is a written statement from the club itself.
Two HOAs, One Closing Statement
Even setting golf aside, Troon North's cost structure has a second layer that catches buyers off guard: every home answers to both a master association and a sub-association, and the two bills can differ by a factor of ten depending on which of the 13 sub-communities a property sits in.
| Sub-community | Reported monthly dues range |
|---|---|
| Pinnacle Canyon | $25 to $330 |
| Talus | $17 to $389 |
| Serene (Bella Sol) | $250 flat |
| Reserve at Pinnacle Peak | $250 flat |
| Privada, Candlewood Estates | Higher, reflecting guard-gate staffing |
The master association, Troon North Homeowners Association, maintains the trails, parks, tennis and pickleball courts, and community-wide architectural review, and every owner pays into it regardless of sub-community. The sub-association dues sit on top of that and fund whatever is specific to the smaller enclave: private streets, additional landscaping, or a staffed gate. There is no active community facilities district layered on top of either, so property tax itself runs standard Maricopa County rates without a CFD overlay, which at least removes one variable from the math.
The practical takeaway is that a listing's dues figure only tells part of the story until a buyer confirms whether it reflects the master assessment alone, the sub-association dues alone, or both combined.
What $1,395,000 Actually Buys
Troon North's median sale price sat around $1,395,000 as of May 2026, and treating that as a single market misses the point of the community entirely. The number is an average across four genuinely different products. Entry-level lock-and-leave townhomes and condos near the clubhouse trade in the $850,000 to $1.1 million range and suit buyers who want a low-maintenance second home. Core single-family product, largely production and semi-custom homes concentrated in sub-communities like Pinnacle Canyon, runs $1.1 million to $2 million. Above that sits a custom tier that stretches well past $3 million, with April 2026 closings including a Pinnacle Course-frontage estate that traded above that mark, and the top of the range reaching past $6 million for the largest custom builds directly on the golf course.
A buyer comparing Troon North to the wider North Scottsdale submarket, where the median across ZIP codes 85255, 85258, 85259, and 85262 sat near $1.25 million as of July 2026 with year-over-year growth around 10.2 percent, is really comparing four separate Troon North products against a blended regional number. Neither figure tells you what a specific 1,800-square-foot townhome or a specific custom estate on the Pinnacle Course will actually cost without narrowing to the right tier first.
Why the Land Is Running Out
Troon North has been building since 1989, and after 35-plus years the supply of raw, buildable lots inside the master plan has gotten genuinely scarce. Active construction is still happening, notably at Serene at Troon North (Bella Sol), where builder Camelot Homes has delivered single-family product in the $3 million range between 2024 and 2026, and custom and semi-custom activity continues in Talus and Pinnacle Canyon. But new ground-up opportunities inside the plan are increasingly rare rather than routine, which is part of why the custom-estate tier has held its value even as the broader Scottsdale market has cooled.
The Leverage Sits With Buyers Right Now
Troon North homes averaged 96 days on market as of the May 2026 report, and a separate ARMLS pull covering all Troon subdivisions, Village and North combined, as of June 15, 2026, showed homes selling at 92.81 percent of original list price after an average reduction of $153,225, or roughly 7.18 percent off the initial ask. That is not a market where sellers are naming a number and getting it. Homes priced above $3 million in Troon North specifically are typically closing 6 to 10 percent below their original list price after one or two adjustments, which tells a patient buyer that the first list price on a luxury listing is frequently a starting point, not a floor.
Cash purchases make up roughly 42 percent of Troon North transactions, slightly above the broader North Scottsdale average, reflecting the community's concentration of snowbird and second-home buyers who are less rate-sensitive and more willing to negotiate on price and terms rather than financing contingencies.
Before You Write an Offer
A few documents settle most of the questions above before they become closing-day surprises:
- The resale certificate or disclosure package showing both master and sub-association dues, any pending special assessments, and transfer fees
- Written confirmation from Troon North Golf Club, or Troon Country Club if the home sits in Troon Village, on whether any membership or resident privilege is tied to the specific address
- Current master and sub-association budgets, reserve study, and recent board minutes
- Recorded plats and easements for any lot adjacent to a fairway, since golf balls occasionally land where a yard begins
FAQ
Does buying a home in Troon North come with golf membership? No. Troon North Golf Club is a separate legal and financial entity from every HOA in the community. The club's own membership page currently states that full golf memberships and the waiting list behind them are not open. You do not need a membership to play, however: the courses operate on a public tee time system bookable up to 90 days out.
Are Troon North and Troon Village the same community? No. They are two separate master-planned communities that share a mountain. Troon North is the larger, 1,800-acre plan built around the Monument and Pinnacle golf courses. Troon Village is anchored by the fully private Troon Country Club.
Why do HOA dues vary so much within Troon North? Every home pays into the master Troon North Homeowners Association, and separately into a sub-association specific to its enclave. Sub-association dues alone range from as little as $17 a month in parts of Talus to several hundred dollars a month in guard-staffed communities like Privada.
Troon North rewards buyers who do the homework before they fall for a view. If you are comparing this community against others in North Scottsdale and want the club rules, the HOA layers, and the current inventory explained in plain terms, The Torie Ellens Team is ready to walk through it with you. Schedule Your Concierge Consultation and get the full picture before you write an offer.
