The Cardinal
4.2 ★ · 90 reviews on Google
Closed now · 44045 Five Mile Rd, Plymouth, MI 48170
The Cardinal is a public championship golf course at Saint John's Resort, located at 44045 Five Mile Road in Plymouth, MI. Its design, directed by Raymond Hearn, draws on the golden age of golf course architecture, using the land’s natural contours and mature trees to shape strategic play. The resort describes it as the first championship course to open to the public in Metro Detroit in more than two decades. Alongside The Cardinal, the resort has the Little Cardinal, a seven-hole short course, and a two-acre putting course for players of all levels. Listed playing options include 18-hole and nine-hole rounds, and golf carts and food are available. The property has a wheelchair-accessible entrance and parking, and accepts credit cards, debit cards and NFC mobile payments. Through the resort’s Humanitarian Hotels initiative, 100% of profits support global humanitarian efforts. The Cardinal has a Google rating of 4.2 from 90 reviews.
Know before you go
- Public championship golf at Saint John's Resort
- Raymond Hearn–directed course design
- Seven-hole Little Cardinal short course
- Two-acre putting course
- Profits supporting global humanitarian efforts
- Some reviewers mention wait (1)
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This is undoubtedly the finest course in southeast Michigan. The pace of play is excellent.
— Google, 5★, October 4, 2026The good, beautiful holes and property, Fountains and water are great especially 18. Food at turn was decent. The bad is the pricing is too expensive and no local breaks anymore. We paid $175 each…
— Google, 3★, October 3, 2026I can’t help but feel like the entire golf experience is a cash grab. Sure, they’ve invested money into the course, but the overall experience feels like a VC firm is slowly trying to extract as…
— Google, 2★, September 26, 2026
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