The Cedar River at Shanty Creek

It was a fantastic deal with their October pricing. Best value in Northern Michigan. Our only criticism is they have allowed their first cut roughly to grow too long and when combined with leaves falling made it very difficult to find a ball only 2 feet from the fairway.

Greens and fairways in good condition. Bachelor party in front of us playing scramble was pretty slow . 4 hrs 15 round . Should be 4 hours . No drinking water on course- ridiculous. Grumpy halfway house guy. Worth playing .

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

Easiest course of the shanty courses but best greens fairways of all. Love this track. Have played many times and always enjoy and score well. Have fun

Great layout with very few homes on the holes. Holes are separated from one another making the play safer and the scenery beautiful. Fairways are in good condition and greens are in great condition. Awesome weather made it extra nice!

On the downside, the grass on the range was pretty close to hitting off a mat. Don't let that turn you away because the course itself is not like that at all.

Out on the course there was a place to grab a brat/hot dog, etc. The guy operating it could care less we were there but the brat was very good. No tip 4 U !!

All 4 of us really enjoyed the course and would play it again.

Dramatic, big hills. Couldn’t be more of a challenging, enjoyable golf experience.

Starter will ruin your day right from the start. The guy is a grumpy jerk. Definitely not the guy for the job

Fairways and greens were fine but like one of its sister courses, the tee boxes were in need of some TLC.

One of my favorite courses.

My wife I just played it (first of October) and we loved it.

The course is set up so that most of the holes play down hill, which is great for the average guy trying to break 90. Every hole is cut out of the trees but the fairways are wide enough to hit on a regular basis. I will play there again soon.

Cool course, about a worth the $65 I paid for it in the fall. 100% not worth what they’re charging in the summer. We were harassed by the ranger on the front nine for no reason. I would not recommend this course to anyone

We have played Cedar River at different times throughout the years and it is always in pristine shape. The course is great for players of all levels. Most favorite of all is the beautiful scenery.