Champions Golf Club: Cypress Creek

Houston, TX Private

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.

About

Holes 18
Length 7410
Slope 134
Facility Type Private
Designer Ralph M. Plummer, ASGCA

Awards

Best Courses in Every State

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

3.9

100 GREATEST/BEST IN STATE SCORES

Shot Options
6.8229
Character
6.9951
Challenge
7.1352
Layout Variety
6.6028
Fun
6.7275
Aesthetics
6.6586
Conditioning
7.1644

Reviews

Readers

Collection of reviews from our readers

0
There are no reader ratings yet

Reviews

There are no readers reviews yet. Be the first to write a review.