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The Summit at Shanty Creek
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During the winter Shanty Creek offers more than 50 ski runs but in the summer it becomes one of northern Michigan's top golf vacation spots. The club boasts four championship courses, one of which is designed by Arnold Palmer and another by Tom Weiskopf. The Summit Course is the club's original layout. The golf course has a similar terrain to the other three but it is not as dramatically hilly. The layout has a traditional design that incorporates player-friendly elements including putting complexes with open fronts that are more accessible to those who can't hit high, soft approaches. The greens on the seventh and eighth, two of the course's most memorable holes, are an exception though. They require both accuracy and a soft touch. The golf course is approachable for all skill levels, but tight, tree-lined fairways keep it challenging.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 71 | 6260 yards | 70.4 | 131 |
| White | 71 | 5969 yards | 69.1 | 127 |
| White (W) | 71 | 5969 yards | 75.3 | 132 |
| Silver | 71 | 4879 yards | 63.7 | 110 |
| Silver (W) | 71 | 4879 yards | 68.3 | 117 |
| Forward | 71 | 4757 yards | 63.3 | 109 |
| Forward (W) | 71 | 4757 yards | 67.6 | 117 |
| Gold | 71 | 2059 yards |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue M: 70.4/131 | 359 | 216 | 333 | 352 | 467 | 413 | 353 | 216 | 369 | 3078 | 339 | 365 | 171 | 378 | 355 | 524 | 197 | 470 | 399 | 3198 | 6276 |
| White M: 69.1/127 W: 75.3/132 | 344 | 205 | 314 | 335 | 450 | 395 | 338 | 207 | 360 | 2948 | 317 | 345 | 149 | 357 | 342 | 504 | 182 | 447 | 378 | 3021 | 5969 |
| White/Silver M: 65.8/119 W: 71.0/124 | 344 | 122 | 314 | 308 | 450 | 325 | 338 | 157 | 360 | 2718 | 317 | 294 | 149 | 357 | 251 | 426 | 159 | 447 | 293 | 2693 | 5411 |
| SIlver M: 63.7/110 W: 68.3/117 | 320 | 122 | 264 | 308 | 388 | 325 | 314 | 157 | 248 | 2446 | 302 | 294 | 115 | 215 | 251 | 426 | 159 | 378 | 293 | 2433 | 4879 |
| Red M: 63.3/109 W: 67.6/117 | 316 | 118 | 257 | 281 | 385 | 318 | 309 | 153 | 240 | 2377 | 293 | 287 | 107 | 215 | 245 | 420 | 153 | 373 | 287 | 2380 | 4757 |
| Gold W: 62.3/114 | 125 | 113 | 105 | 117 | 102 | 106 | 98 | 117 | 138 | 1021 | 118 | 135 | 103 | 107 | 131 | 122 | 111 | 112 | 99 | 1038 | 2059 |
| Handicap | 16 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 7 | |||
| Par | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 71 |
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Really nice course, strange layout on the back 9 at Summit- could use more markers, especially for first time players- but I would recommend and play again if I was in the area
The course is challenging but a lot of fun. In great shape and super nice people working there. Cheers
Nice Little Course
We had a great round at The Summit. It's not as picturesque as Cedar River, Hawks Eye, or The Chief, but it's a nice little course for the money. Staff is super friendly and helpful too.
Too backed up!
At least a ten to fifteen minute wait on every hole. Nine holes took over three hours.
Bag drop people asleep
We came off the course, parked the cart at the bag drop, got the car. While I was gone the kid asked my wife if we needed help. She said we did. Got out of the car, opened up the back end and watched the bag attendant ignore us. Ended up schlepping our clubs to the car. End of story, end of thoughts of tipping.
Refused to close to deny us refund
Weather was terrible yet course refused to close or reschedule our tee time denying us a refund unless we played. Weather was too bad to play through, literally snow/sleet rain mix 43 degrees and 20 mph winds yet refused to work with us, left after 3rd hole complete waste of money. Course looks nice but if this is the way they do business there's plenty of other courses around.
Follow up*
They did end up comping my round. I'll give it another try next year. Thank you
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Excellent course
Very good experience and enjoyed playing this course with family.
Pace of play
I Love this course. The round today was the only time that playing was completely frustrating. Two 4-somes in front of us not only played incredibly slow, but we had to stand and watch them walking around in hip tall grass looking for a lost ball. One guy spent fifteen minutes and found his ball. Then he tried to hit it out of the grass! We finally walked away on the 16th hole. A course of this caliber should be managed better. Maybe a course cart that runs through to keep a pace.
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Harder than you think
Back nine is very hilly and a bit of water
Very fun course for the average player
Well maintained
Hard greens to figure out but in great shape
Good Round to Break into Shanty Creek Resort
We played all four courses at Shanty Creek. This is the one to play first, because it is a fairly easy setup, and relatively short. Most of the par 4's will leave wedges in your hands, and the Par 5's are reachable in two other than 15 if it's into the wind.
The course gets most of its protection from elevation changes - lots of uphill shots into greens, and a few downhill as well. Greens were very slow, and a little shaggy. It did rain the morning we played so that may have had a factor. 16 and 17 were my two favorite holes. Other than holes 1 and 10, there aren't a ton of doglegs, it's a pretty straightforward course.
I recommend you play this course first, to break into the resort courses. If you play this after some of the others you'll probably be disappointed. It was my least favorite course of the 4 on the resort.
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Sensational Summit
Course was in excellent condition. Layout was decent and easy. Great course for a leisurely family focused round of golf. Greens were slow...would use a different COVID-19 cup to allow for pin to be removed if desired.
Made the best of a bad day.
Power outage at Shanty Creek. Clubhouse dark, bathrooms unavailable. In addition very windy. Not the courses fault. Set up is fair for most golfers, Fairways and greens well tended. Will be back.
Nice and easy
Beautiful weather, friendly staff, nicely maintained.
The course itself is nice and fairly easy.
I was looking for a course where my daughter and I can get 18 in for some practice, Golf Now special at $39, can't beat that price for that area.
Front 9 needs renovation, back 9 was an improvement
The front 9 is old style late 60's early 70's course and back 9 appears to be added later. The greens, fairways and tee boxes were in terrible shape. The greens had significant slope when greens weren't mowed as short. This causes putts to roll off the greens. Tee boxes typically back were nearly bare and one had sink hole in the middle. Renovations are expensive but the front 9 is lost cause and needs some significant updating that maintenance can't do. Rebuild greens, enlarge tee boxes, cart paths to keep carts away from the greens. I would stay away from this course or use as your first warm up. Just don't expect too much. Better yet expect nothing at all.
Good value
Found hot deal for $26 each at 9am. 2 couples played in 3 hours 50 minutes - . All good. Friendly guy cleaned clubs. Hot dogs 4.75 and snacks for 3.25 - poor value. . Course in very good condition . Layout OK. Definitely worth the price we paid!
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Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We are sorry to see that your overall experience was anything short of 5 stars, but we hope you'll give us another try in the near future. Thanks for choosing The Summit at Shanty Creek.