Gull Lake View Golf Resort

Gull Lake View East is one of the most scenic courses in the area. But don't let the beauty fool you, this course can be a challenge. Lots of water holes, large bunkers and large rolling greens. The Gull Lake View folks put a lot of pride in providing the best courses in the area and in my opinion in the state. You will not be disappointed with the East Course or any of their other gems. Keeps me coming back year after year.

This course is a Perfect Blend of everything. Half is out in the open Sprinkled with trees some elephant grass and the back is cut right through the woods. When you take a divot in the Fairway it's just like butter. The greens are well taken care of and are just the right amount of fast. Love playing there.

A public coarse that is in private country club condition. We arrived about 45 minutes early and because the tee box was open we started early and played 18 holes in about 3 hours. The staff was cordial and friendly. We had a great time.

This is truly the stupidest course I've ever played and I've played loads of courses. I suppose one day maybe 5-8 years from now it will soften up (although I will never know cuz I will never be back) but currently it is unplayable. Greens, fairways and tees are firmer than concrete-- they could've saved money and skipped planting grass on greens. Can't even place your ball in front of ball mark without ball rolling away..Pretty scenery but pretty does not mean playable. Save your money- and it is quite a chunk of change- and play anywhere else but here.

Seems like this course hasn't received the recognition it deserves. With the trees and the rolling topography, it is beautiful from start to finish. Challenging, but fair -- if you hit the ball in the trees, you are most likely going to be penalized, but at least most of the time you can find your ball. A bad shot isn't necessarily a lost ball. No water hazards, but plenty of sand. Just a very enjoyable course to play. Only drawback was, on the day we were there, pace of play was horrendous and many groups were loud to the point of being obnoxious. Don't know if that's the norm or not.

I have to say, we were first group off that morning and what a beauty course! Nice challenging shape shot holes! The pro shop staff was the best out of the 5 courses we played this long weekend. Very friendly and really personable! Will be back next year and will stay at the villas!

The GLV courses are some of the best in SW Michigan-Great condition, great staff, always enjoyable-we were first out played 18 on a Saturday in about 3.5 hrs.-

Played Stonehenge South @ 11 24 on a Saturday morning. We had a foursome and it took us 5 hours 40 minutes to play 18. Numerous times there were 3 groups on a Par 4-utterly ridiculous. They need to marshal the course-many groups around us play music which is fine but should have courtesy for others. It is a great course but I think management should reconsider what is happening during the round with the golfers (heavy drinking-people going shirtless etc)

I played Stonehenge North as part of a northwoods Michigan golf swing. This was my first tour sampling northern Michigan golf and Stonehenge North was a welcome addition to the other courses I played.

I liked the arrangement of 6 par 3's, 6 par 4's and 6 par 5's. It gave me practice on each type of hole. The variety of hole lengths for each kept the round interesting.

Just the right amount of water, sand and weeds.

The fairways, greens and rough were in excellent condition. The course layout was challenging enough with the elevation changes and sloped fairways. I played the green tees (about 6,300 yards). I didn't have time to play the four other courses at Gull Lake, and hope to return.

We (my wife and I) played Stoatin Brae today and were extremely disappointed with pretty much everything.

Starting when we arrived plenty early to warm on the range and get in some practice putts - the course has no range (they can put you back in your car and send you a sister course a couple of miles away) and no practice putting green!!! Seriously I have been golfing for 30 years and have never even seen an 18-hole course without a practice green.

Next the manager had just let out a five-some ahead of us and stated that we could go ahead of them when we caught up to them. The starter then told us that we could go ahead but that there were foursomes stacked ahead of them so there was really no point. No problem we said, we're on vacation and can take our time - which was fine until we arrived at #11 and a ranger pulled up to tell us there would be a shotgun start on 10-15 starting in 40 minutes - the obviousl implication being that we needed to get it in gear (remember we were a twosome playing behind a fivesome).

Ok, the course itself. Most of the fairways and greens themselves were in reasonable shape, but the tees were ridiculous - on most tees, you simply could not get the tee (wood or plastic) into the ground more than ~ 1/2 inch. The areas around many of the greens were extremely beat up, due to uneven watering and wear.

We are golfers who enjoy different courses and experiences, but in our opinion there is no way this course is ready for play. The course itself need more preparation; the staff needs more training (I didn't mention the beverage cart that went roaring past us as we were putting on #18); the amenities need to be put in (ok, I never thought I would refere to aputting green as an amenity). All-in-all this place needs a few more years of preparation before it is ready for play (did I forget to mention that they are charging the highest green fees in the area). The property itself is beautiful, but in my opinion the owners rushed this into use before its time, didn't train the staff properly and have really put themselves behind the 8-ball in terms of providing an enjoyable golf experience for the public.

P.S. In case you think we are just miserable old cranks, we played a different course held by the same ownership group the day before (Stonehedge) and were favorably impressed with the quality of the golf and most of the ancillary features.

Stonehedge South is one of the most beautiful courses in Michigan. It compares very favorably with many of the highly rated courses in Northern Michigan. An excellent designed course that is exceptionally well maintained. A fantastic value. Maybe the best quality to value courses in Michigan

played this course with 3 other friends. i understand the course is new and hasn't somewhat taken hold yet but i feel the course isnt very playable, especially the greens and the area around the greens. the course is picturesque and most fairways are ok but the greens have very little way to receive approach shots. you have to play at least 2 clubs down most of the time and if you miss your run up, you are overly penalized with sharp run offs and no acceptable collection areas. on top of that, the greens in some cases are not puttable either because of the condition or the speed. i more enjoyed walking the heather and finding golf balls than making my next shot. if you are a bogey golfer like me sprinkled with 6 or so pars in a round, i would really prepare yourself for a frustrating round. i hope the owners realize they could lose return golfers for the current cost and make some course saving changes.

I went to play this course with my son on a Sunday afternoon. We were able to get off earlier then our tee time but promptly met up with a very slow foursome (looked like there were 4 foursomes stacked up that were slow). No offer to play through for us but at the same time there was no ranger on the course. Since I had lots of time between shots I was able to walk through the gourse and find golf balls (so there is a benefit to slow play). Course will be fantastic after another year of maturity and I will be back then.

Nice course very tight and challenging plenty of elevation changes will definitely go back

Was blown away. Yes the course has to mature, but when it does, I believe it will be a top 5 Michigan course. Also has cooler and ball washer on carts, halfway snack shop called Bunkers built into a hill. Best par 3's and even seen a baby coyote chilling on the green I was on.