Cypress Lake Golf Club is one of the area's oldest and most historic private golf courses. Founded in 1959 and boasting three Golf Hall-of-Famers as Founding Members, the opportunity to play the course of masters awaits.

The course has six sets of tees and can be played from under 5,000 yards to just over 7,000 yards. Its water, sand, and trees combine to provide a challenge and subtle beauty. Still true to Dick Wilson's original design, it boasts water on all but two holes. Casual golfers can enjoy its pleasures, while low-handicappers shake their heads and promise themselves, "Next time...."

The Cypress Lake golf course is unusual among area golf courses. It is set on a rectangular piece of land with no residential areas except on its external boundaries. While most members use carts, the layout makes it ideal for the golfer who enjoys walking. Wildlife finds it an agreeable home site, and golfers share the course with great blue herons, egrets, ibis, an occasional alligator, several varieties of giant turtles, resident ospreys, and many other creatures that seem to understand that passing humans are no threat to them.

In 2001, the golf course was completely renovated under the direction of golf course architect Ron Garl, who restored many Dick Wilson's original design elements and added his unique 'signature' features. The course was renovated again in 2017 by golf course architects Ron Forse and Jim Nagle.

The club's practice facilities are extensive. A large putting green prepares the golfer for the challenges of the course: it hasn't a flat spot on it. The elevated pitching green can be attacked from both sides of the large adjoining sand trap. The range features small greens close in for short iron practice and the usual distant flags to measure prowess with the woods.

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