Faulkwood Shores Golf Course
About
Faulkwood Shores Golf Club first opened in 1971, exactly a century after the historic farmhouse that serves as the clubhouse was built. Located in Howell, it's considered one of southeastern Michigan's best values. The golf course has a traditional layout that is player friendly enough for players of all skill levels but there are some challenging hole designs that will appeal to those that are more advanced. Water hazards come into play on eight holes throughout the golf course, including a stream that runs alongside the first hole. The fairways are tight and the greens are fast and well guarded by bunkers. There are also a few subtle undulations that can be tricky to maneuver. Faulkwood Shores Golf Club requires accuracy but it's not overly punishing if you're slightly errant.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 72 | 6828 yards | 74.2 | 140 |
| White | 72 | 6604 yards | 72.8 | 137 |
| Gold | 72 | 5381 yards | 71.3 | 126 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue M: 73.7/134 | 423 | 441 | 556 | 447 | 176 | 385 | 207 | 540 | 459 | 3634 | 380 | 205 | 422 | 207 | 495 | 406 | 385 | 379 | 501 | 3380 | 7014 |
| White M: 71.7/129 W: 77.1/140 | 400 | 419 | 532 | 409 | 165 | 361 | 188 | 490 | 430 | 3394 | 364 | 193 | 409 | 195 | 470 | 385 | 370 | 368 | 486 | 3240 | 6634 |
| Gold M: 66.7/118 W: 72.1/128 | 320 | 364 | 434 | 342 | 140 | 271 | 142 | 440 | 357 | 2810 | 287 | 139 | 310 | 153 | 335 | 290 | 314 | 272 | 401 | 2501 | 5311 |
| Red M: 65.9/115 W: 71.2/126 | 320 | 293 | 414 | 325 | 135 | 271 | 124 | 392 | 330 | 2604 | 287 | 121 | 310 | 136 | 335 | 290 | 286 | 272 | 401 | 2438 | 5042 |
| Handicap | 8 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 15 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 72 |
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Tough course. Greens tough
But fairways and tees are beat up and its always wet. Doesn't matter. This is all of a 136 slope so people who like a challenge will deal.
Nice for the money
Course is looking better than ever and looks like they are making improvements
Good bang for the buck.
Good course for the money. Will play again. Can’t wait to see new clubhouse being constructed.
Fair but challenging course
Greens smooth and not to fast fairways perfect will play again
Warning pt2
You want to play the slowest round of golf in your life?? Well even with 10 minute tee times apart from one another. You’ll play behind the rudest and most belligerent people you’ve met. Bad cart paths and worse cup placements and did I mention the worst cart paths in MI…. This is your place!!! 4 star my butt 🤣🤣🤣🤣 this place is a joke and a half. Scratch what I said before. It’s full of lazy, pitiful, and dumb out here. Perfect for the guy who has never golfed
WARNING
The course could be so mice better if they filled the divots on tee boxes, didn’t have so much cart path in play, and biggest thing A CUP CHANGER WHO ISNT LAZY/HUNGOVER. I many cups 2-3.5 paces from the fringe. I work at a CC I change cups everyday. It’s pitiful what they do here. Not a single cup placement in the center of the green. Other than that, this place has a lot of hope. Good range, new club house being built. And good supply of Toro mowers!!! Best of luck but be careful this course I a 3/5 at best
Great Value and condition
Faulkwood shores has perfect tees for seniors and fairways and greens are in great condition. The tee boxes could use some improvement. The staff was very nice- looking forward to going back when the new clubhouse is finished
A hidden gem
The reviews do Faulkwood Shores justice. It's an absolute beauty in its own way. Is the course in the best condition? No. Are you going to find a dozen range balls around the 11th green? Possibly. Will you 3-putt the 3rd green? Absolutely.
I think the most fitting description of Faulkwood Shores is to call it a time capsule. This is what golf used to be 20 years ago before the YouTube/COVID boom, which brought a very particular crowd into golf that many of us lifelong golfers try to avoid. The clubhouse caught fire, so they're operating out of a temporary trailer. The golf carts don't have Bluetooth speakers installed (which is a HUGE plus for someone who is trying to avoid the Bluetooth crowd). It's affordable, challenging, and plays fast. I paid $30 for 18 holes with a cart on a weekday. My first round at Faulkwood was over 30 minutes faster than my rounds at nearby courses.
As long as they keep this business model, they will continue to get my business and that of many other golfers.
A very pleasant surprise
There's no drink cart. The carts are old, held together by duct tape, and the alignment is off. The cart paths are bumpy. A couple of the tee boxes are mostly dirt.
Who cares?
By a wide margin, the most important thing to me is pace of play. Everyone else in the county is on 7-8 minute tee time intervals. Faulkwood keeps theirs at 10. Your round will be 20-30% faster here. I went mid-week mid-day as a two-some and waited only on a couple holes. Done in just over 3 hours.
People scared me off from playing this course, giving horror stories about the conditions. Yes, there was ONE tee box where I had a hard time finding grass. But the greens were great, the rough wasn't too long, the fairways were exactly what you would expect. The course was long which made it fun since you get to hit driver on just about every Par 4 instead of laying up.
A few interesting holes. #7 is a tough green to hit - a bunker spans the front of the green and everything over the green will roll OB. A few doglegs, several greens have water in front of them, just about every green has sand in front.
This is exactly the kind of course that got me into golf and in the post-COVID area of packed courses trying to squeeze every penny out of you it was a breath of fresh air to find a course whose focus was on enjoyable golf instead of packing as many people on as possible.
Interesting contrast in front and back nines
Front nine greens slope aggressively whereas the back nine greens do not. Lots of break possible on front 9 greens. The cess pool on hole 8 is pretty gross. The back nine had a boat load of mosquitos. Bring repellent!