Hawk's Eye at Shanty Creek
About
Hawk's Eye Golf Resort in Bellaire is one of the top 15 public courses in the state of Michigan. The championship course is the centerpiece of a tucked away golf community in the northern part of the state. The golf course offers something for every skill level. Beginners are welcomed by the generous fairways and forgiving greens while the more advanced players will enjoy all of the risk-reward opportunities. The back tees are also positioned so that there are more forced carries that require greater accuracy. The layout sprawls across windswept hills and wooded valleys. The towering trees give way to beautiful views of Intermediate Lake and the surrounding countryside. In addition to the golf course, Hawk's Eye offer practice facilities including large driving range and a nine-hole putting course.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | 72 | 7011 yards | 75.4 | 148 |
| Back | 72 | 6341 yards | 72.2 | 144 |
| Middle | 72 | 5655 yards | 69.4 | 133 |
| Middle (W) | 72 | 5655 yards | 73.9 | 143 |
| Forward (W) | 72 | 4855 yards | 69.4 | 133 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue M: 74.9/148 W: 81.5/154 | 409 | 548 | 211 | 398 | 409 | 393 | 547 | 398 | 189 | 3502 | 445 | 165 | 448 | 182 | 378 | 527 | 366 | 607 | 391 | 3509 | 7011 |
| Blue/White M: 73.3/145 W: 79.4/151 | 409 | 526 | 211 | 361 | 409 | 364 | 547 | 365 | 189 | 3381 | 390 | 165 | 365 | 182 | 337 | 527 | 366 | 577 | 354 | 3263 | 6644 |
| White M: 71.9/142 W: 77.8/146 | 383 | 526 | 190 | 361 | 371 | 364 | 513 | 365 | 154 | 3227 | 390 | 144 | 365 | 168 | 337 | 473 | 306 | 577 | 354 | 3114 | 6341 |
| White/Silver M: 70.0/138 W: 75.9/143 | 345 | 526 | 168 | 361 | 351 | 364 | 513 | 316 | 124 | 3068 | 390 | 144 | 353 | 168 | 337 | 459 | 306 | 453 | 325 | 2935 | 6003 |
| Silver M: 68.2/133 W: 74.0/139 | 345 | 442 | 168 | 316 | 351 | 352 | 479 | 316 | 124 | 2893 | 340 | 122 | 353 | 130 | 309 | 459 | 271 | 453 | 325 | 2762 | 5655 |
| Red M: 65.0/119 W: 69.5/127 | 316 | 392 | 116 | 217 | 295 | 302 | 416 | 288 | 96 | 2438 | 302 | 97 | 305 | 113 | 270 | 373 | 252 | 394 | 311 | 2417 | 4855 |
| Handicap | 9 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 14 | |||
| Par | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 2 | 10 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 11 |
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Spectacular view on 17 Photo submitted by u000006482705 on 07/02/2022
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Photo submitted by u593231625 on 05/27/2021
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Number 10 Photo submitted by u240285340 on 06/09/2020
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Photo submitted by tomgardnerjr on 09/28/2019
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Photo submitted by tomgardnerjr on 09/28/2019
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Photo submitted by tomgardnerjr on 09/28/2019
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Photo submitted by tomgardnerjr on 09/28/2019
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Photo submitted by u000003242348 on 07/24/2019
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Photo submitted by u000007877502 on 07/22/2019
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Photo submitted by u240285340 on 06/08/2019
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18th green wonderful conditioning Photo submitted by HOTSPOTTS on 06/13/2018
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Nice 3 hole birdie run Photo submitted by Johnnycher on 02/17/2017
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The beautiful uphill hole #8. Photo submitted by Johnnycher on 02/17/2017
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This is what up north golf should look like. Sorry, I can't adjust this picture to be right-side up. Photo submitted by Johnnycher on 02/17/2017
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Photo submitted by Kelly6461504 on 06/27/2014
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Hole 1 Photo submitted by mjbrady on 05/25/2013
Hawk's Eye-Great Value
Great, hilly course with tons of elevation changes. Greens excellent. Fairways good. Well kept and a hoot to play. Winds throughout woods with great ambiance. Slobs play here & we picked up their beer cans but what can one expect for a resort course in this day and age. We'll definitely go back.
Great round on a great day
Beautiful course in great condition. Good challenge but very playable. Would love to bring a group out for an outing.
Good $40 course not $60
Wide fairways, large rocks in the bunkers some not playable. Greens hard but fair fore the average golfer. Fun to play!
Quickly one of my favorites!
This one one of the most enjoyable courses I've ever played! The course was in great condition, the elevation changes amazing. This course was like a big bag of eye candy! I will play it again:-)
gward12
Hawks eye is one of the nicest course I have played, actually the whole Shanty creek area is a great place to get away as a couple or groups, lots of great courses
Nice Course, Great helpful staff
Very Nice Northern Michigan Couse. Hills, Sand, Water and at 6400 yds from the Whites just the right length. Beautiful sculpted track well manicured. Can't wait to play it again
One of my favorites!!
Tough course, but forgiving... I always love coming home to play it!
Fabulous course
Course conditions were terrific. Staff was great. Perfect weather no push & no rush, just steady golf. Course is long from the whites. Still a fun challenge, but tiring. Due to length from the white tees, it required a lot of up and downs to score good.
Who cared about score when the course conditions are great, along with a cool day (65-70 degrees) and sunney, and a great buy from golfnow.
Course is worth the regular rate. Will play every time I come to Northern Mich. Too early in the season for the food and beverage. No beverage cart midweek this early in season. Couldn"t blame them hardly any paly.
A course that I would recomend to friends.
The course itself is very well maintained, however
I was a little disappointed in the golf carts. They
where not very smooth and seem to lack the power
to navigate the hilly course. Over all we had a pleasant outing and the staff was friendly and helpful.
Good Time!
Very nice course. Great. Views
Highly recommended, Always a challenge.
Will play again.
great day
tough but fair, great condition, terrific value ,would go back many times, its that type of course
PeterJ
This course is one of the value gems Up North. The course is well taken care of; challenging but playable for high handicappers. Never crowded -- don't know why. Very nice course that I would make my "home course" if just a little closer to - home!
The Hawks Eye Is Second To None
When most area courses are opening up at full summer prices, Hawks Eye golf course continues to remember that golf is for everyone and offers great spring and fall rates that allow the average person to experience one of the best courses in northern michigan. We drove 35 miles to get to this course and its worth every mile. Will golf again. Check out their 2 for 1 wednesday specials at Hawks Eye Golf course. Thanks again Hawks Eye
Great course
Beautiful course. Well maintained. Scenic. Played this course a few times before and always enjoyable. This time, however, back nine was brutally slow. Ranger went out two or three times, but no avail. 3 hr back nine. Nice elevation changes.
Course was wet due to much recent rains. Scenic value of the course is great.
Stuck behind 2 sets of foursomes who did not play ready golf and were hitting from the wrong tees for their capabilities.
Greens were aerated last week!!
I have played Hawkseye each year since it opened. Now I've had two very bad experiences in a row at this place. Called course to book and absolutely no mention from them that greens had been aerated just two days before......BIG MISTAKE (no other courses in Traverse/Bellaire/Charleviox/Kalkaska area had been aerated except the Chief and I did find out Chief was aerated before even considering to play it the next day). It will now take much cajoling from my golfing partners to ever consider playing this course again. Course from tee to green was playable and in average shape but the greens weren't even close to being playable.....and that's half the game. Also appeared that a ladies league were put ahead of us teeing off on the 10th to play nine (we caught up to them on the 11th) so the pace on the back nine was extremely slow on a Thursday afternoon well after Labor Day. Ridiculous.
We love this course.
We played this course on a beautiful cool day in Sept. They were aerating the front nine, so we had to do the back nine twice. It was no problem and actually quite enjoyable. The bag boy and the starter/manager were both so pleasant and helpful. They made our visit to this course a great experience. We can't wait to golf this course again. I can't think of anything we disliked about it.
Spectacular Layout
Course was in good condition although detailed trimming around tees and greens was somewhat lacking.
Nice course
Very nice course that was in excellent condition. Pace of play was also excellent
very very nice to play
did not play this course last year but got the chance this year and booked it.