Shanty Creek

Sadly, The Legend, one of the best layouts in Northern MI, is all burned out. Entire Tee boxes are cooked, parts of greens burnt, and large portions of many fairways are BROWN. Played a few other resort courses in Gaylord, and they seemed to manage to water the grass just fine. Arnie's Grill is not a grill at all, it feels like a cafeteria from high school. Not sure what's going on, but it definitely needs a lot more love.

Good value for the money. Not going to wow you with amazing views and conditions you may get at other courses in the area but it’s a great price for what you get

Play this course a lot. We were a twosome behind 2 foursomes which held everyone up. Gets frustrating when people forget golf etiquette!

Enjoyed the course on a perfect summer day. Prices for food were high at the clubhouse. Disappointed in that, but the golf was good.

I've probably played Schuss at least 20 plus times. It had been a couple of years since my last play. In very good shape, has a range to warm up on and you still check in at an aging wood frame proshop with a halfway house in the basement. The front nine has little elevation change and the back has quite a bit. Way too many dog leg left holes(eight of them) several of them quite severe. If you can't draw the golf ball off the tee or hit a fade you'll have extremely long approaches and probably a pretty frustrating day. Greens are quick fast and smooth. It's an interesting course to say the least. A tad under 4 stars but worth a play....if you stay at Shanty you should absolutely play Cedar River, Hawk's Eye and I'd put Schuss in a tie with Legend at this time. For a late afternoon extra 18 the original Summit course is a good value. While Legend might have a better design Schuss is more quirky, interesting and doesn't have really stupid bumpy cart paths like the Legend..