Cypress Greens Golf & Tennis Community

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.

This course USED TO BE GOOD. The staff are RUINING it. Becoming too much of an ‘old boys club’. We’re residents of SUN COMMUNITIES and they still let us down. Book online to secure your tee time - PRO SHOP WORKERS will lie, THEY ARE LAZY.

This review doesn’t come from one recent bad experience, this is the FOURTH TIME.

Cypress Woods, Schalamar Creek or Willowbrook courses are all within range of this one, offer 18 holes - AND friendly staff.

9 hole Golf course in a Florida modular park . It has 5 water hazards . green are good and moderately fast. lots of birds and alligators. Not even a good little course but nature entertainment. AS all golf courses in Florida the prices are getting higher and busy which takes the fun out of our game by being pushed along than a relax round stroll. They used to have 2 for $25 on Sundays . A invite back back would be a nice touch

Nice 9 hole course. Played with wonderful couple. Had a great time.

Perfect way to start today walk nine holes,… love that you can walk one of the few questions in Florida that lets you

Most of the holes at Cypress Greens are simply direct and straightforward. The wide fairway at six puts forth an interesting strategic option geared to the approach. Both par-5s become intriguing on their second shots, involving hard-to-hit landing zones. On my second play here today, I enjoyed the pleasant, open setting. To the right of the sixth tee, lounging in a pond, was a seemingly indifferent alligator—though I suspected he was watching me.

My visit was clearly worthwhile. Conditions were again solid, and the course turned a shade greener (from recent rain in Lake Alfred?) than on last week’s visit.

People care who run and play at this place. I will be back.

Cypress Greens, a well-maintained 9-hole course, is situated a few miles from downtown Lake Alfred. Running just 2585 yards long from the deep tees, it emphasizes a brand of accessible golf that I’ve seen often in Florida. The layout seldom ventures into the strongly strategic or the dramatic; it is instead a competent and straightforward design, and I found its countryside setting relaxing.

The character of these holes sometimes stems from small things—such as the spacing and grouping of scattered trees. By far, the ponds are the most dangerous hazards, and, though the designer used them lots, they don’t constantly hem you in. There are, too, a few tree-lined fairways. Bunkers pose, more often than not, a minor threat; they’re seldom heavily penal obstacles used to barricade the fronts of greens.

Not overly tight, Cypress Greens allowed me to take out the driver on most of the par-4s and 5s. Ground contours throughout the nine follow what nature has allowed—it's basically flat—and the ponds typically flirt with the sides of roughs or fairways. A key element of the layout is understatement (as opposed to complexity): this is a course, for example, with slightly raised green complexes and, around them, subtle mounds. The greens themselves range from small to medium in size.

Par-5s:

The two par-5s, which are distinctive as well as solid, add a splash of strategy. The course opens with a visually appealing hole, bordered by cypress trees and nicely flanked by a pair of long ponds that reach a long way down the fairway. Near the green the fairway widens again to some 40 yards. A green-light opportunity to reach the putting surface in two? Yes. The seventh supplies a different challenge. After an open tee shot, you’re squeezed by a contracting fairway that bottlenecks at its bend, leaving a tight second. Not only that: favoring the right side, instead of the left, may lead to trouble. Like the first hole, this can be a two-shotter for long hitters. Did I go for it? No.

Par-3s and 4s:

The trio of par-3s is short and straightforward: they offer a fair test, where forced heroics seem unnecessary. Each hole has a mid-sized, somewhat elevated green that tilts to some degree. Of the set, the ninth, which is double-bunkered to the left and rear, serves up the best challenge.

The four par-4s average just over 300 yards, and all are drive-and-pitch affairs. With fairways of medium width and light greenside bunkering only, it is as if the course expresses its need for simplicity. Holes six and eight introduce cross hazards that add some interest. Eight gives you a noticeable choice: hit a longer drive down the left for a better angle at the green, or take the more direct route down the right side and “Cowboy up!” to clear the boomerang-shaped pond and avoid the big frontal bunker. It is conventional design on these par-4s, though, that prevails.

The setting of this course, which runs over pastoral parkland, benefits from being largely set apart from the housing complex of which it is a part. A majority of the holes border only adjacent ones; moreover, some holes have a border(s) that is fully natural. I was also fortunate to see a Florida sandhill crane walking the grounds only twenty yards away, near the 5th hole.

Conditions and Service:

Conditions were a cut above the other area courses I played over the past week. The smooth greens were a couple of ticks below average in speed. Rough coverage, which showed inconsistencies in places, was still fair. More serviceable were the tees, bunkers, and fringes—all in good shape, especially in light of the recent mid-Florida drought.

Great service here! The pro shop staff and starter were friendly, kind, and informative—all of which bettered the overall experience.

Final Thoughts:

Playing the course for the first time, I found Cypress Greens to be a layout more about accessibility than ambition. This well-conditioned track provides straightforward golf. Its design intentions did not apparently involve dramatic, high-stakes risk-reward. Who will find it of interest? Probably mid-handicappers, but higher-handicap players should also enjoy a course that has a fair level of forgiveness.

Played at 7:30 in the morning we were done by nine. Perfect little exercise in the morning.