Coyote Preserve GC: #16
A view of the 16th hole at Coyote Preserve Golf Club
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4.4
453 Reviews (453)
5 Stars
254
4 Stars
146
3 Stars
38
2 Stars
12
1 Stars
3
Conditions
4.4
Value
4.4
Layout
4.7
Friendliness
4.7
Pace
4.1
Amenities
4.2
91.8%
Recommend this course
414 out of 453 reviews
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4.3
3 Reviews (3)
5 Stars
2
4 Stars
0
3 Stars
1
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.7
Value
4.7
Layout
5.0
Pace
3.3
Amenities
5.0
StaffFriendliness
4.7
100.0%
Recommend this course
3 out of 3 reviews
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4.4
35 Reviews (35)
5 Stars
21
4 Stars
9
3 Stars
4
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.5
Value
4.6
Layout
4.7
Pace
4.1
Amenities
4.2
StaffFriendliness
4.7
91.4%
Recommend this course
32 out of 35 reviews
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Course Highlights
The course layout consistently earns high praise for its moderately challenging design, with well-maintained fairways, soft bunkers, and greens that reward careful reads. Friendly staff and strong overall value make this a top pick among Michigan public courses.

About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 71
Length 6912 yards
Slope 140
Rating 74.4

Coyote Preserve Golf Club in Fenton is one of the only courses in the area designed by Arnold Palmer. The course has a hilly terrain that provides plenty of elevation changes a well as stunning views. Tumbling across deep ravines and native wetlands, the layout requires many carries over dramatic depressions and water hazards but many are seemingly intimidating but actually quite reasonable. Massive, finely sculpted bunkers strategically frame the greensides of many holes. While some of them are manageable, others are deep and sod-faced. The tricky hazards in conjunction with the dramatic elevations demand both accuracy and creative shot-making. The golf course has a memorable finish with a par-5, risk-reward hole. There is ample room off the tee on this downhill, dogleg left hole and it presents a few different options for the second shot. With some thought, scoring par is definitely a possibility.

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Course Details

Year Built 2001
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Seasonal
Architect Arnold Palmer (2001) Ed Seay

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Practice Hole Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Collared shirts are required. Shorts need to be 'Bermuda' length. INAPPROPRIATE ATTIRE: Tank tops, T-shirts, Tennis shoes, Denim jeans, and cut-off shorts are NOT permitted.

Food & Beverage

Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse

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Reviews

4.4
453 Reviews (453)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 14
Dinner 7
Brunch 6
Course Challenges Include:
Elevation Changes 36
Bunkers 32
Forced Carries 30
This course/club is great for:
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 27
Advanced Golfers 23
A Bucket list/Top 100 Pick 14
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 26
Convenient to the City 10
In the 'Burbs 10

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Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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First Time Playing

Great course for the value

Fair test, nice layout, great condition. Will play again for sure!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

The Preserve

Friendly staff, great bar/restaurant. The course was in great shape, really fast greens. I look forward to playing again in the near future, and definitely recommend it to anyone considering it.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good all around course

Good value. Good restaurant & bar. Course is in great shape. Friendly & helpful staff. Have played the course 3 times.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Great place to play

Greens were fast and smooth. Fairways cut tight, rough challenging, bunkers clean. Played at noon, and the restaurant only had cold sandwiches until noon, understandable with weekday play. Would play it again tomorrow if I had the time.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

great track but way to slow.

recommend a ranger to push the slower golfers so we aren't playing a 5 hour round.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Excellent layout

One of my favorite. Will test your skills and have to hit every club while controlling your ball.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser

Love this course

Difficult on back tees but much more manageable from the whites.

Always love playing this course as opposed to others in the Genesee county area.

Great elevation changes make it one of the most beautiful courses around.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

GREAT TIME TWICE

My wife and I played here two days in a row, teeing off at 11:00, by ourselves with no one ahead of us nor behind. We finished playing a fabulous, well kept, fun layout in well under four hours. Staff were very friendly and helpful, especially in convincing us to stay for our $0.83 and food (both days). Great time twice!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

As expected

My first round of this season was exactly as expected.. Phenomenal course in great shape as always and the clearing of the woods on 16 is HUGE. It's now reachable in 2. Looking forward to a great season out here

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Decent round

Decide to get out on one of first nice days of the season. Extremely busy , backed up at least 4 groups off the tee. Proceeded to play a 5 hour 15 minute round. Course really needs to have a ranger on the course moving play along. Made round decent instead of great. Course was in good shape and good layout, poor course management.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Great for the money

First time playing the course and I have to go back. I play all over the state and its a top ten for me.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 124
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Tough but fun

Played the blue tees and realized I should be on white. Playing partners choice! Did OK but would have fared better from whites. Great course and I hate to share it with anyone because it is such a hidden gem. Always has been one of my top 5 in Southeast Mi.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
5.0
Previously Played

Changeling

This is a beautiful course but for somebody like me who is not a long hitter is very very challenging. Plenty of Hazards and hills but if you forget the score somebody like me we'll have a great time. When I was there the course was very wet but they had heavy rain the night before.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Poor Conditions

For what I consider to be my home course the Preserve really disappointed this time around. The course was in awful shape. There was more than a few occasions that I had to fix multiple(3-4) balls marks in the line of my putts and the tee boxes were a joke. Several of them looked like someone took a sand wedge to them with the size of divots. Also, the curse needs to do a better job of keeping its ground crew out of the way when golfers are playing through. I know you want to keep the fairways clean but I shouldn't have had a guys wing a blower on the entirety of my first 6 holes and being delayed by staff around greens not paying attention during my approach shots. I was so fed up that after 13 I simply drove my cart dropped it off and didn't complete my round. To say I'm disappointed is an understatement. Looks like I will be changing home courses(which is a shame because I live in Fenton and have played and preached about the Preserve for years)but I won't recommend the course to anyone after yesterday's experience. It was simply something you'd expect on a municipal course, not an Arnie design.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

LOVE this course!

I think this is the toughest course I play in southeast Michigan. All the greens are well protected by nicely groomed bunkers. The greens have tricky undulations. Each hole has a challenging layout with either blind shots or uphill or downhill shots to the green. I absolutely love this course and can't wait to go back.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Amazing golf course

I have played so many amazing courses in Michigan and this one is among the best for the price. I would recommend this course to anyone but it is a challenging course so hopefully you like the challenge!!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great time

Course is a challenge, but is always exciting to get out and play. Beautiful scenery around the course!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Put the flags in

Course was great minus them not having flags in several holes. Guy at the clubhouse tried telling us it was our fault they weren't in, lol. Nice course though.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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