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Cypresswood Golf Club
The golf : Cypresswood started the trend toward high-quality
daily-fee golf clubs in the Houston area, and now features three regulation
18-hole courses in the floodplains of the Cypress and Spring Creeks. Towering
trees, no nearby homes, and no out-of-bounds, are just a few of the features
of this Pinehurst-like experience.
The original Cypress Course is a little tougher than the Creek
course. The meandering fairways offer uneven lies, and it's considered
more of a target course because it has more water and dogleg fairways
than its brethren. In fact, water comes into play on 16 holes.
Cypress features two mean holes-one par 4 and one par 5. No. 9 doglegs
427 yards and requires a solid drive to be in position for a green-in-regulation
approach. No. 15 goes almost 600 yards, and has a creek that cuts into
the fairway in front of the green.
The 18th can be a demanding ender, sometimes playing as much as 450 yards
when the pin is in the back of the large green.
The Creek Course was the second to open, again receiving some acclaim
from Golf Digest as one of the best in 1989. Known for its large greens
and sometimes difficult pin placements, it lays out similar to Cypress,
though the fairways are a bit more generous.
On the front, holes 5 and 6 are both par 5s that are reachable in two
for the average golfer when playing from the middle tees. On the back,
two par 4s stand out as probably the most demanding holes on the course.
The par 4 No. 13 plays 469 yards and sometimes longer if you take the
wide turn around the dogleg right. Hole 16 goes over 400 yards and requires
a 230-yard carry off the tee.
The Tradition Course opened for play in 1998, and might be the
best of the three tracks. A traditional, Donald Ross-like design with
rolling fairways and links-style bunkers, the course also features large
greens. Architect Keith Foster has claimed that the terrain this course
is some of the best he's seen in Texas.
No. 4 is the most difficult rated hole. On this 448-yard par 4 you'll
need a good tee shot to get over the hill, which sets you up for a downhill
approach into a green framed by bunkers and water.
Hole 12 is also considered one of the better holes-a 543-yard par 5 that
features a fairway bunker in the landing area off the tee and a fairway
that slopes downhill after the bunker. A good drive over the bunker is
ideal because of the roll. Watch out for the creek that runs the length
of the hole.
No. 18 is somewhat similar to the 12th-another long par 5 with fairway
bunkers on the left and a creek that crosses the fairway on the approach,
as well as a lake that runs the length of the left side.
The details : 281-821-6300. 21602 Cypresswood Dr., Spring,
TX 77373
- www.cypresswood.com
- Creek
- Tradition
- Cypress
Getting there : From I-45 south, turn left on FM 1960
and travel about 6 miles. Turn left again on Cypresswood Dr. (you'll see
a Shell gas station). Turn right at the next light.
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