Overview
The 36-hole Champions Golf Club is one of the most appropriately named clubs in America. It was founded by Texans Jackie Burke, Jr. (who turned 100 in 2023) and Jimmy Demaret, and the two hold five major championships between them, including four Masters green jackets. A procession of the game's best professionals have tested their games at the vaunted Cypress Creek course (the club's second course, Jackrabbit, actually scored higher in our Best in State rankings), which has played host to the 1969 U.S. Open, a Ryder Cup, several PGA Tour tournaments including the TOUR Championship, and the 2020 U.S. Women's Open. When Cypress Creek opened in 1957, it was regarded as one of the finest new courses of the post-World War II era, ranked among the 100 Greaters courses from 1966 to 1988. It's a tight, treelined shotmaker's course with treelined fairways and big, well-protected greens--the fourth, bending around a crook of Cypress Creek, was long considered one of the toughest par 3s in the country. A 2018 renovation by Texan Chet Williams, designer of Whispering Pines, the 51st ranked course among America's 100 Greatest, kept the features and shot demands updated and sharp without straying from Cypress Creek's noble heritage.
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Awards

Best in State: Top 10 in state 1991-1993 & 2005-2007, Top 5 in state 1977-1989, 1995-2003 & 2009-2011, ranked 9th in state 2013 and 2021-'22.
2023-'24 ranking: 28th.
Previous ranking: 9th.
Panelists
Ratings from our panel of 1,900 course-ranking panelists
100 GREATEST/BEST IN STATE SCORES
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Reviews
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“The course may be flat but a premium is on well-placed drives to avoid trees at dogleg corners. The greens are large with minor-medium undulations and nearly all green complexes are elevated adding to the challenge. Course was in very good condition."
Read More2024
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“Great course for the better player. The average golfer will struggle a bit on this course. Healthy diet of long straight holes. The course is good, tough and challenging albeit a bit monotonous in some spots. Definitely have a drink in the locker room. One of the best locker rooms in golf."
Read More2023
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“This course was very bland in that it is flat with not very interesting green contours. Greens are HUGE. Very little distinctiveness or design variety. One long straight hole after another."
Read More2022
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“Pure golf at its best, huge greens with holes that demand every shot"
Read More2021
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“Championship course that is not much fun to play."
Read More2018
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