Crooked Tree Golf Club

What an absolute treat this course is. The back nine offers stunning views and the entire course is in pristine condition. This is a can’t miss course if you’re up in the petoskey area.

Crooked Tree is a decent layout. I'm not sure what the day rate is as it was part of our package. The range was in poor shape at 1pm on a Sunday. The course was in good shape. It's unnecessarily tricky with a 90 degree dog leg to start your round. Not exactly the best way to encourage a brisk pace of play with trouble right, left, and long. My smallest complaint is with the lack of drinking water on the course. Bottled water is available for the low, low price of $5 for 20oz bottle. This was on a 95 degree day. My biggest complaint is with the cart GPS system. For the second year in a row, merely pulling to the side of the cart path on 15 set of an obnoxious, consistent beeping sound for about a minute. Mind you, I hadn't been in the tall grass, or parked in a bunker, just two wheels off the path to let another cart past. See the little video. Pretty views of the lake on a couple holes if that strikes your fancy.

This was perhaps one of the best kept secrets in all of national golf reporting. Crooked tree golf course combines everything you like about good golf courses. Really good greens really good fairways manageable, rough nice difficulty great opportunity…