Cypress Greens Golf & Tennis Community

The greens were cut long and slow, but it is a gem of a 9 hole course if you enjoy having water around you!

I wrote and gave 4 stars a few weeks ago and am upgrading that to a 5. It is an absolutely beautiful course playing early in the morning as I usually always do. The Hot Deal is like $10 to $12. That is an unbeatable value. The greens are slow right now, very slow, but I have to believe that is "for reason" given the drought we have/are in. The greens are receptive and hold well. I have played golf since being a young teenager and am a single digit handicap and used to be a scratch golfer. I am saying this because I feel I am a very good judge regarding the overall value for playing a round of golf at any course. Keep in mind it's a nine hole track and for me a HUGE bonus to be only 15 to 20 minutes from home!! Give it a try!

The course layout was cool for a 9hole course. Even though it’s not very long, you’re laying up to hit approaches over water, dog left or rights, not just a straight forward hole after hole. For 40$ me and my daughter played a Saturday morning tee time, done before 845 am. Staff was awesome and really welcoming, there are two other full courses closer to me that’s around the same price point per hole, and I’ll be passing those to come play here.

This is a great 9 hole track. Give the greens time to come back. They will. A great layout and the staff is so friendly. I go out for 9 now before work and still clock in by 8:30!! I was a scratch golfer in my competitive years so I can vouch this course is a great value, and considering the drought, great conditions.

Very friendly staff, community players very friendly as well! Course layout very nice! The course is sneaky difficult with a lot of water in play! Greens need some TLC but there is a drought right now! Tee boxes in decent shape nice fairways! Great everyday course! Would like to see a public membership pass to bring some extra money for the course to be able to maintain the course a little better! Will deff play again!!!!

The course is good for wanting to play a quick 9. However the Marshall came up and told us we are taking to long and need to hurry up. There's no body else around on the course and he is telling us to hurry up. Like hes trying to close up early. Ruined the golf day for us. Why offer T times later in the day if you just want to close early and keep people away.

My wife and I picked Cypress Greens for wide fairways and found the course to be that and have more water than expected. Some of the greens are struggling, but other are good.

We were greeted at the pro shop and quickly out to the course.

I would recommend for a good 9 hole experience.

I would recommend playing here not to long a course great shape and better price

Play this often when I visit my family. Everyone is very nice there and course in good shape.

Beautiful scenery and beautiful course in very nice condition! Will play again soon.

Great course for the money for average players. Will return.

Greens small and slow to many golfers on the course and were not very good. Waited every hole for at least 7 or 8 minutes

This is a course that delivers value, despite the fact that it costs a little under the going rate in Florida. Given that Cypress Greens is a nine-holer of 2,685 yards, no one should be expecting the likes of Oakmont. Yet, while the layout itself is about average, in several respects it proves to be a fun and worthwhile play. The conditioning is good; the holes offer variety; the atmosphere has been friendly and low-key each of the three times I’ve played CGGC. Beyond that, the golf will also test different aspects of your game, particularly chipping and pitching to elevated greens.

A big plus here, too, is the fine setting, which is also fairly isolated. Yes, the clubhouse and parking lot may give the immediate impression that you’ll be hitting drives all day down fairway corridors lined with housing. That is quickly dispelled on the first tee when the course opens before you, where a handsome, cypress-lined fairway is sided by ponds, and, as you travel further down the fairway, native birds of several species appear—all before a natural Florida backdrop. The routing does wind past a quiet road briefly and later touches shoulders slightly with the housing complex, but for the most part the holes brush only each other.

The seventh hole highlights what is best about this course. Starting on the tee, a nearly wide-open landing zone is visible; it is threatened mainly by a pond beyond the rough on the left. The second shot may well be the course’s toughest. For those of us who do not drive the ball 280 yards and are laying up, the play is into a narrow landing zone tightly guarded by trees. Adding to the difficulty of this shot is a ridge in the fairway that forms the front of a small plateau, and beyond that, a large and hidden bunker and some fairway mounds in the landing zone. Into the prevailing wind, the seventh can be a beastly golf hole.

Most of the shot values are uncomplicated at Cypress Greens. But for risk-takers and strategists alike, the most exhilarating single shot is a strategic one, the tee shot at the 266-yard sixth. Here you have a choice: hit a shorter drive to the right of a wide fairway, thus staying short of the diagonal water hazard. Or the “heroic” route is available down the left side, where your drive must find a tighter landing zone but, if long enough, will essentially end up “pin-high.” The catch is that from here you must still clear the water hazard. What’s the payoff? It is twofold: not only is the shot much shorter—a half-wedge or so—but you’ve also eliminated the harder, frontal approach over the big bunker (this must be crossed from the fairway's right side).

The rest of the holes—most of them straightforward and unfussy—generate some occasional sparks. A good example is the curving par-4 fourth, with its mild dogleg protected by a big pond and a tree at its elbow. Yet most of the holes lack a strategic priority. Eight is a conventional par-4 that features a prominent, watery cross-hazard, making it a decent drive-and-pitch hole. The two par-3s—two and nine—are about the same length, but their elevated greens add some modest rigor. With a table-like green and strongly tilted putting surface, the closing hole feels like a Golden Age creation.

Green settings are restrained rather than complex, although their consistent elevation will put some pressure on both chips and pitches. As for the bunkering, it is conservative and even understated: there are nine total. Only one bunker fronts a green; what is instead emphasized are the four backside traps.

Conditions impressed, notably by the relatively smooth fairways (providing some consistency despite the long drought) and well-conditioned, level tees. Fringes and greens were smooth and predictable; greenside areas were about average. I’m not a fan of slower greens, but many will prefer their moderate speed and general consistency.

Conclusion:

To succeed here, the best weapons are a good wedge and short game. Driving the ball well will certainly help, but the course’s generally open quality means that severe trouble off the tee is limited mostly to the water hazards. A solid playing experience, Cypress Greens has a lot to recommend it. The two staffers I met, one at check-in and the other the starter, were both quite friendly and helpful. Today I was able to complete the nine in an hour and a half—always an unexpected pleasure.

If you have the time, play this nine twice.