Shanty Creek

We were staying in Traverse City so it was an hour drive for us. The driving range and putting green were not close to each other so you have to allow extra time to go back and forth. That all being said the course is absolutely gorgeous and very well maintained. Each hole felt special. This was a very challenging course with large tricky greens. The fairways are fringed with a thick cut grass that makes it difficult but not impossible to find your ball if you keep an eye on where you landed. I shot 5 over my handicap but truly enjoyed every minute.

Very nice course. Beautiful layout and scenery. You can tell this once was a gem. However course conditions left a lot to be desired. There were a few spots in fairways a greens that had dead spots that would make Arnold Palmer roll over in his grave. Lack of ball washers and trash cans was shocking. But the biggest issue with course conditions was definitely the clientele. Seemed like nobody would fix their divets in the fairway or pitch marks on the greens. Tee boxes were all chewed up. You could tell the course was filled with a bunch of drunk rowdy golfers that had no respect for a beautiful course.

Course was really in great shape, and well worth it. Greens are small, but course is open. Really enjoyed the day.

Staff was really great and welcoming. Grill team was super nice.

Only suggestion would be to offer a course map showing where water hazards reside. Kind of tricky on 18 having water on both sides, but not really able to see it.

Schuss is a great course with excellent conditions. We have come to northern Michigan to play golf every summer for 30 years and Schuss is always high on our list. Our only concern this year was we had a 7:10 tee time and by #10 we passed the green mower. So the back nine greens were not mowed on a heavy dew morning. Putting was difficult with the lack of consistency. Can’t this be handled with better timing and mower scheduling?

Greens were fast on the day we played and the course has water features I didn’t expect. Beautiful course and I will play it again this Fall.

Great course, fast greens. Downfall is the tee boxes chewed up

Loved the coarse. Wide open fairways and scenics with lots of undulating. Only negative for me was the sand traps more like gravel traps BUT I am spoiled being from Florida. Will play again. This and the Tribute in Gaylord my two favorite thus far on this golf vacation. Not playing the high dollar GC

While the course was in good condition, the pace of play was extremely slow. The marshalls did not move things along and it took almost 6 hours to play. That being said, it's a great course for all skill levels as its 5 tee boxes can help you adjust easily. The greens were slow for a course of this caliber. The course looked well used. The views were wonderful and the ups and downs of northern michigan golf were fantastic. If you like golf, you have to try the legend. Maybe just play on the weekdays and twilights to avoid the crowds.

Me and two others were fortunate to play Cedar River Golf Course at Shanty Creek resort. The staff was very friendly upon arrival, check in was easy and we were off. When we got to the first tee, we were told they were 20-25 minutes behind due to the first groups of the day arriving 20 minutes later for their tee time. Why they let them still tee off in front of others who paid and were on time is beyond me. The same group that was late was also very slow, and the ranger told us and the group behind us that, "I have talked with them three times already, not sure what else we can do?" Please keep in mind the ranger told us this at either the 7th or 8th hole of the day. The course itself is beautiful, challenging, but fair, and the greens ran great! Please just keep all the customers in mind and get a hand on pace of play. Our round lasted over 5 and 1/2 hours, luckily our next course was able to move our tee time back an hour so we could still make it.

. Good shape, strong par 3s. Excellent layout. Scenic for the price. Great value.

Good condition, lots of trees, a lot of up and down hills, large greens, generous fairways.