Evergreen Resort

Mostly in good shape. Several sand traps overgrown with weeds and some of the greens were in rough shape. No food or beverages available for purchase. The ladies tee boxes need some help!

Greens are in rough shape, but it’s pretty cheap and you can usually get on here when everyone else is busy. Okay course for casual golfers and families.

Not a bad course like people make it out to be. Yes a couple greens are in rough condition and a few bunkers, but they do their best for their golfers to make it playable. Overall a decent fun course.

Great layout and amazingly Friendly staff are the positives. I certainly wouldn’t pay full price with the current course conditions. Some of the greens are in very bad shape with disease. Trees are very over grown and rough is longer than the us open. No beverage cart on a Saturday and half way house was closed. Curlys restaurant was also closed. No where for our large group to eat. Course lost a lot of money by not having any food or drinks other than the clubhouse. Clubhouse you only see on the 1st and last home! Needs some TLC.

The fairways and greens have improved over the recent years. A wind storm came through the day we played and the outdoor services did the best they could for a quick cleanup. My cousin from Chicago and my brother try and play this course every or every other year and always find it a challenge yet rewarding/enjoyable course to play in late Summer.

I would only recommend this course if you get it for a discount. The greens were not well cared for and the course was not well groomed overall. The staff was friendly and we only saw 1 other twosome out on the course.

Played in mid-July 2024. Was not expecting much based on the reviews, but left pleasantly surprised. I enjoyed the course. I did not play the Norway course, but it looked to be in similar shape/condition as the Spruce.

Greens and fairways are in really good shape, and it’s a fun layout - lots of holes go thru the forest. It doesn’t have a ton of elevation change, but has enough. Definitely has a “northern michigan” feel in terms of how it plays. Greens have lots of slope from back to front. They weren’t fast, but they weren’t slow either.

I saw some complaints about the rough and bunkers. The rough is a little long - but nothing outrageous. If anything it’s more consistent than shorter rough. Some bunkers are in bad shape - and either need to be restored, or filled in. Others were fine. I assume there’s some drainage issues with the bunkers. The worker at the pro shop admitted the bunkers were in need of work, but didn’t know if there was a solution.

Staff was great! Price is very reasonable considering where it’s located, and it was July. Pro shop is very clean and new. They also had the halfway house open - good burgers and reasonably priced. Pace of play was a little slow on the back 9.

As mentioned above, I did not stay at the resort, so can’t speak about rooms or anything, but wanted to leave a good review for the course because I think it deserves that.