Myth Golf & Banquet - Regulation Course
About
The Myth Golf & Banquet, formerly known as Beaver Creek, tumbles across rolling hills. Situated next to Lake Orion, the golf course sits on protected land that is home to an abundance of wildlife, including sandhill cranes. There is both an 18-hole championship course and a nine-hole par-3 course. In 2007, when the Myth was established, several improvements were made to the championship layout, improving its conditions and making it more challenging. The scenic golf course features boardwalk cart paths that cut through beautiful pine forests. Don't get too distracted by the scenery though because there is plenty to keep you busy including multi-tiered greens and water hazards on almost every hole. The 13th is the golf course's signature hole. This par 3 plays from an elevated tee over water to a generous green, offering a great opportunity for a birdie.
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Photo submitted by u314162701444 on 09/23/2025
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Photo submitted by u314162701444 on 09/23/2025
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Photo submitted by u314162701444 on 09/23/2025
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Photo submitted by howardkhru on 04/11/2023
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Photo submitted by u7602162 on 05/29/2022
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Photo submitted by dlieske on 07/13/2020
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Hole 13, fun par 3 Photo submitted by Tait2dn on 05/09/2013
Golfer Reviews
Great Value!
Played a foursome first time! We all had a great time! No problems with ranger! Did not have to wait to hit! Some tee boxes needed some love but over all course was in very good shape! They could of had BBQ going at the turn (10;30 ) but cart girl was on top of it!
Pros and Cons
This course has many pros and cons. If you could live with the cons, then play here.
Pros:
1) Golf course is challenging for all skill levels. It's a good test of golf.
2) This course is the only one around other than Greystone that has an island green par 3. At 100 yards, it gives everybody an opportunity to hit the green and avoid the water.
3) Some holes look fantastic and well designed.
Cons:
1) Course is hard to navigate. Between holes your riding through the forest on bridges that sounded like they were falling apart but in reality they were fine.
2) Since the 13th hole is an island green, and the group behind us was two holes behind, I took a couple pictures of the island green. While I was taking a picture the ranger yells at the top of his voice "HURRY UP YOUR SLOWING DOWN PLAY! YOU CAN'T DO THAT OUT HERE!" And then REFUSED to leave until we finished the hole. He caused me and my playing partner to chunk our shots into the water. His attitude is why I will not be returning. He made me feel like dirt and didn't acknowledge me as a paying customer and I could take a quick picture before I tee off. If you see a ranger, older guy with blonde/grey hair, and seems to be staying in the same place all the time rather than driving his cart, AVOID AT ALL COSTS.
3) There is no drink cart, you have to wait until you reach the clubhouse to buy drinks.
Overall it's the ranger is why I won't be returning. His rude and inconsiderate attitude changed my opinion on the entire course there's better courses in the area that has great staff, and perhaps the ranger won't mind if you take a quick picture before you tee off!
tricky greens... but fair.
used all the clubs in the bag. nice variety of tight/ open fairways. visually very pretty golf course. Some of the wooden cart paths were like the Wild Mouse at the carnival , but that was enjoyable too. Love playing here
Poor service
Usually service at a golf course doesn't matter too much to me (check in and move on) but I stopped at the pro shop at the turn because all of a sudden they threw a group out in front of us on 10 on an already packed course. The pro shop insisted they were in front of us the whole time which was a blatant lie because I interacted with the 3 who were in front of us throughout the front 9. When I called him out on his lie he responded with "they won't slow you down they'll play faster than you guys". I was paying a low rate and was having fun with my friend so I just swallowed my pride and moved on. Every tee box on the back 9 we were forced to wait for the "faster" group. The service was classless and patrons should be treated better.
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Well groomed, but dont let that fool you
The course was well manicured, and the clubhouse was very nice, I cannot deny that. However, the design of the course was not enjoyable. Great if you are close to the course, but not worth the drive from the suburbs.
Excellent Course
This course was challenging and fun! Not very long, but if your not careful, you'll end up with a very high score. Greens are very challenging.
Not sure if they are trying to keep this open...
Can't beat the rate of $14 for 18 and a cart. I would never pay the full rate. The golf cart sounded like and ran like a battle tank. The wooden bridge trails looked like they are in dire need or repair. The steps up and down to many Tee Boxes were an accident waiting to happen. The food was gross...old hotdogs and burgers that were probably sitting around all day.
However, my 9 year old son thought it was beautiful, especially the front nine and all of the trail leading to the next hole.
Greens rolled nicely and were in good shape.
Nice course
Nice course. Plays nice. Lots of boardwalks to zip you to some of the remotely located holes. Only complaint: quite a few of the tee boxes need attention. Definitely will return
Best condition in a while
This is the best condition I have seen the course in in a while. Some tee boxes still need a lot of work, but fairways and greens were nice for the most part. We finished our round in about 4 hours, but were constantly waiting for groups in front of us. Overall I like this course for the price.
Fun time
If you want to go out and play a fun round with friends this is the course.
Challenging course but fun to play
I have been golfing the myth for a few years now. It's a really fun course but can be challenging. Need to use your muscles as well as your brain. If you play safe, you can shoot a good score.. A few holes when you think to hit driver, try laying up with a long iron or a rescue club to set up a second shot at the green. The pace of play is good. The course is rather empty. If someone ever hits up to us, we let them play thru because there usally is a space between them and the group (if there is one) behind them its a few holes. Great course, great staff!
Journey through Wetlands
The Myth is a nice shortish course that winds through forests and wetlands. The course is fair with plenty of holes which you can score. The par 3's are long and #15 is especially long with a tee shot through a tight window & a forced carry over a pond all the way to the green, tough hole! The greens were nice but slow. AND please, can people repair their ball marks on the greens! There must have been 50+ ball marks on each green that weren't repaired.
Overall, it's a nice course and I'd probably play it again.
Nice place to practice
This course is a fantastic value, not because of how much you get for the $ but because it is absolutely the least expensive course I've found that isn't a dog track.
Tee boxes are generally uneven, un-level, and often sparsely grassed.
Fairways are very tight and trees encroach on nearly all holes. Fairway condition is probably the best asset.
Greens could be great but never tightly mown. Very slow and shaggy.
Bunkers are rarely raked and machine tilled and therefore play like hard pan.
Always check to see if there are leagues before booking as I've been behind a league several time and witnessed fivesomes playing regularly.
What I like about the course is that it is extremely challenging for a short golf course, some of the holes are borderline unfair with their difficulty. If you can score here you are playing great golf!
Early 'birdie' gets the worm!
The Myth Golf Course was recently in the news via vandalism to their carts. Why would anyone want to do this when the course, the staff, and overall friendly atmosphere is spectacular here?
It was my first time playing the course. It was 90 degrees when I ended my round (started early around 7:30a). But, if given the chance I would've made another turn and done a second 18-holes.
I will surely be back as the course layout is challenging to the sense of bringing EVERY club out of your bag. It's great not having to hit driver off every hole! There is some distance, but for the most part it's a shorter course. I love the L-shaped holes that really challenge you for par. Some are more forgiving (the ones I birdied) with almost drive-able greens.
I do have a couple cons, but they're out of the course's control really... it had rained the night before and there were a few standing water spots, but hence a free drop. And the second would be the maintenance by the people that play - FIX YOUR DIVOTS! The greens are accommodating to the average player who hits a wedge and sticks it with some back spin.
100% worth my time, 100% worth a look, 100% great cost for what you get... 2016, I'm looking into a membership for sure!
I hope you enjoy it as well and cheers, Vargo, for keeping a great course open to the public and in the best shape you can!
This course is in excellent condition.
It was my 1st time playing Myth. The golf course conditions were excellent, staff was very friendly, and play pace was good. Beautiful wetlands and wildlife. Some of the par-4 holes are not set up for driver, so you want to get to know the course to perfect a strategy. Overall, very nice experience!
Average golfer? Don't play here.
Narrow fairways and a lot of obstacles. Very challenging. Do not play here unless you are good, have plenty of golf balls, and don't get frustrated very easily. Although the deal is good, the amount of balls I lost cancelled out the cost of the round.
Great place
Was a really busy day, everyone was really nice but the grumpy ranger driving around the course not saying a word to anyone just staring. But really really well set up course very challenging and the drives between holes are like nothing you've ever seen before with all the wood planks, very cool.
Myth revisited
I just enjoy the course.No easy holes. Only problem is the course is a bit squeezed. Several times we waited because people had hit there balls on our fairway.This is the only problem that I could think of.Lots of hills.One fairway is about 15 yds wide.Accuracy counts more than distance.
Ok course to get out and hit.
Tee boxes need some work. Tee box in 5 is a wreck. But if you're looking to get in 9 after work decent value to work on your game.
We sincerely apologize for your experience with our ranger at The Myth! Please allow us the opportunity to make up for this by offering you another golf experience at a discounted rate by emailing our PR manager at nash@vargogroup.com. We would like to give you the Vargo Experience you deserve, please choose on of our properties at www.vargogolf.com. We look forward to hearing from you and in the meantime remember to Live, Laugh, & Golf!