South Course at Big Cypress Golf & Country Club

About
Big Cypress Golf Club is part of a gated golf retirement community called Cypress Lakes. Conveniently located between Orlando and Tampa, the club offers two golf courses, the North and the South. The South Course is a championship layout that is more challenging than the executive-length North Course. Both courses are characterized by the abundance of water and swaying palms, offering the best of Florida golf. The South Course plays a long 6,680 yards from the back tees. The course presents a more demanding test than the North, appealing to more advanced players. Florida Golfer and Senior Golfer have recognized its challenging layout for its excellent conditions and design. Maintenance is a top priority at Big Cypress; on both courses the well manicured fairways and greens are consistently in good shape.
Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
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Black | 72 | 6680 yards | 72.7 | 138 |
Green | 72 | 6092 yards | 69.9 | 127 |
White | 72 | 5628 yards | 67.6 | 116 |
White (W) | 72 | 5628 yards | 72.7 | 129 |
Combo White/Red | 72 | 5240 yards | 65.6 | 112 |
Combo White/Red (W) | 72 | 5240 yards | 70.4 | 122 |
Red | 72 | 4808 yards | 63.6 | 104 |
Red (W) | 72 | 4808 yards | 68.2 | 116 |
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
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Black M: 72.1/134 | 355 | 376 | 502 | 378 | 138 | 507 | 348 | 194 | 382 | 3180 | 368 | 358 | 565 | 198 | 425 | 153 | 508 | 424 | 409 | 3408 | 6588 |
Green M: 69.4/125 | 314 | 363 | 438 | 343 | 123 | 476 | 312 | 164 | 338 | 2871 | 334 | 330 | 514 | 172 | 375 | 153 | 473 | 405 | 371 | 3127 | 5998 |
White M: 66.8/117 W: 72.1/125 | 286 | 334 | 393 | 308 | 107 | 456 | 277 | 155 | 296 | 2612 | 302 | 300 | 479 | 161 | 344 | 124 | 423 | 381 | 335 | 2849 | 5461 |
White/Red M: 64.9/112 W: 69.8/119 | 286 | 312 | 298 | 245 | 107 | 387 | 277 | 155 | 296 | 2363 | 302 | 300 | 413 | 161 | 335 | 124 | 423 | 319 | 300 | 2677 | 5040 |
Red M: 63.4/109 W: 67.6/114 | 234 | 312 | 298 | 245 | 76 | 387 | 248 | 124 | 271 | 2195 | 267 | 263 | 413 | 146 | 335 | 84 | 367 | 319 | 300 | 2494 | 4689 |
Red Short W: 66.1/110 | 234 | 312 | 298 | 240 | 76 | 387 | 248 | 124 | 210 | 2129 | 267 | 263 | 364 | 146 | 310 | 84 | 367 | 265 | 231 | 2297 | 4426 |
Handicap | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 7 | |||
Par | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
Handicap (W) | 12 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 5 |
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Lush even in summer Photo submitted by iamtigerwoods on 06/25/2018
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Photo submitted by John6749726 on 10/11/2014
Nice course. Great fairways
The tee boxes and fairways were excellent. Although the greens themselves were beautiful, they putted exceptionally slow. However, the starter warned us of that. Greens punched a couple of weeks ago and they were fluffy. But putted very true. We felt the layout was nothing special. A bit boring at times, but interesting enough. Bunkers were wet from recent rain so not sure about their overall condition. Definitely worth playing. Nice staff who called us to warn of cart path only due to wet conditions from rain.
Great course.
I love courses carved into Florida’s natural landscape. Saw Deer, Turkeys, and of course Sandhill cranes. Fairways were in great shape, greens were recently aerated and were a little unpredictable with regards to speed but they rolled true. Will play here again definitely!!
Great Course, Great Operation
Received a call in the morning letting us know that it would be cart path only - appreciate the course being proactive and giving us a heads up but was not an issue at all.
Starter recognized and asked if we had played the course before sending us out and escorted to the #1 Tee Box - excellent service.
Course was very well maintained and a great layout, will be definitely be back!
Overall great operation and very much appreciated when you feel as if the course is happy you are there to play there course, too many businesses these days that could care less about their guests and don't recognize the little details that are easy to execute and make a difference for a business - this is Golf Course is one of the best at it!
Great fun course
For the first time playing, it had its challenges. The course layout makes you use every club in your bag. Very fun course to play. I will play it again soon.
Would’ve been a 4.5 star
The staff and gate attendant were nice! the greens had been aerated (not sure when and Golfnow had no alerts/warnings!?!? When I booked) few have grown back but most still had sand on them . most didn’t roll true and were extremely slow. I had played Eagle creek the day before so needless to say I had to “kill” almost every putt, but still ended short with most putts. How slow is the green ? You get the feeling of “I couldn’t bring myself to putt the ball any harder or it’ll roll off the greens “ Fairways were nice, roughs can swallow your ball if you don’t keep an eye on your ball . Bunkers were good . It’s a challenging short course and had quite a few force carries from the tips so don’t play there unless you can carry 205-210 off the tee. I liked the Course layout though. it’s wide open on most holes but you have to first hit thru a few tight shoots on a handful of holes. There are some tight water holes too. The finishing hole is the nicest to me . A peninsula green requiring an accurate a second shot . We would come back but not until the greens grow back in a month or so .
Great even with aeration
Greens were sanded and aerated on
Monday and Tuesday, we played on Sunday... Even with the sand, they still roll better than alot of courses.
Layout and design are great, staff has always done thing right. Driving Range is beautiful.
Tee, fairways,bunkers all great. In a couple of weeks the greens will be back to the normal greatness that they always are.
Aerated/Sanded Greens
Both front and back have been aerated and sanded the greens were slow and bumpy so pretty much 2 putt and move on No sense penalizing yourself with a 3 putt everything else was ok I’ve seen the course look better fairways were very dry and thin but still no big issues give it another week things will look better
Only got in 12 holes due to rain
The front nine was just airrated so starter said we could play the back twice. Back nine was pristine but we only got in 12 holes due to rain.
Front Closed
Good deal at 1pm unfortunately the front was closed played back twice still enjoyed the day course looked good of course it was very hot at that time greens were true good pace no big issues staff friendly hope to play again when both sides r open
Highly recommend!!!!
I highly recommend this course. I have played it a few different times now and every time it’s been great. Tee boxes, fairways & greens are all in great shape. The layout is awesome. And some of the holes are very tough and challenging.
Father’s Day Treat
Played with a good friend, his friend and his friend’s son. I had played here before but it was the first time for the other three. Course was in great shape, as it’s been every time I’ve played it. My playing partners were pleasantly surprised at how good the course conditions were. Best of any course I’ve played in the Tampa, Lakeland, Orlando area this year. Will definitely be going back. Highly recommend playing this course.
P I M P
Course was excellent. Greens healed from aerification and rolled well. Pace was fast, everything was cash money. .
Hello, tkwaters68. Thank you for leaving us a review. We are sorry to hear your experience was anything short of 5 stars, but we hope you will give us another try in the future. Thank you for choosing South Course at Big Cypress Golf & Country Club.