South Course at Big Cypress Golf & Country Club
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Long W/R M: 65.6/114 W: 70.6/123 | 286 | 312 | 348 | 245 | 107 | 387 | 277 | 155 | 296 | 2413 | 302 | 300 | 413 | 161 | 335 | 124 | 423 | 319 | 300 | 2677 | 5090 |
| White/Red M: 64.9/112 W: 69.8/119 | 286 | 240 | 348 | 245 | 107 | 387 | 277 | 155 | 296 | 2341 | 302 | 300 | 364 | 161 | 310 | 124 | 423 | 265 | 231 | 2480 | 4821 |
| 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 | 240 | 298 | 245 | 76 | 387 | 248 | 124 | 210 | 2062 | 267 | 263 | 364 | 146 | 310 | 84 | 367 | 265 | 231 | 2297 | 4359 |
| 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 BigCypress on 02/07/2016
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Photo submitted by John6749726 on 10/11/2014
OMG
It’s not often you see a high rates course actually live up to the rating. Place was in pristine condition. Cart path only today but an amazing track.
Big Cypress South
Best kept secret in Central Florida. Great layout in the best condition in the area. A must play. Easily accessible off of I-4 in Lakeland on Rte 98.
Highland Reserve
One of my go to courses. Links style layout. No water to contend with, but course can challenge your skills.
Big Cypress
One of the best maintained courses in Central Florida. Great track with many challenging holes. Bring your A game. Several forced carry holes. One of my favorite courses.
Always Great
Have enjoyed playing this course for many years. I am particularly grateful to the Pro Shop staff who graciously accommodated me when I showed up Wednesday for my Thursday tee time.. I meant to book Wednesday as I had a Doctor's appt on Thursday but somehow managed to mistakenly book the wrong day. Will never forget their effort to fix my mistake.
Not what it used to be
The course was in terrible condition. This was shocking because the course has always been nice. Also, the greens were aerated just a short time ago and there was no mention of that whatsoever. That is a dirty trick to charge full rate AND to also make no mention of that. However, that is not the only reason I rated this course in terrible condition. The fairways were poor as well and the general keep up of the course was just overall poor. The staff was awful. The ranger was a complete donkey. Extremely rude. Pro shop staff was inattentive. Overall just very surprised how much this place has gone downhill. I won’t be back and I clearly don’t recommend this course to anyone.
somewhat disappointed
Big Cypress gets rave reviews so we were excited to try it. Unfortunately they didn't inform us that half the course was closed for maintenance. Therefore we were paying to play the back nine twice.
Pace of play was good because the regulars knew about the situation.
Those nine holes were in great condition and the on course staff were helpful.
Course conditions must be posted if they expect continued good reviews from satisfied golfers.
Hi, Joe! Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. We will make note and we hope to see you back at South Course at Big Cypress Golf & Country Club!
Bad layout
Even if you hit the shot you want you get penalized, fairways are all uneven and always slope to trouble, greens were mostly elevated and also sloped to trouble which would be ok if they were soft, but were hard as rock. Course plays tough for a 230 yard drive 150ish to green better for forward tees 120 yard drives and low rollers to the green.
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Course was in great condition greens very fast but true
Didn’t play well on the day but that won’t put me off playing there again a great course
The starter and rangers were very friendly. The man at check in not so much.
My favorite course within driving distance.
This was my 3rd time playing here and will get a couple more rounds before going home. The course is in great shape even though we haven’t had much rain. The staff are friendly and accommodating.
Aerated
Disappointing the front side was aerated today had to play the back by myself behind a number of foursomes. Not much the ranger could do. I drove an hour to get here as I like the course
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Aerated
Disappointed today, aerated the front nine and closed it, had to play the back twice by myself (three others didn’t show). Behind multiple foursomes this a slow, frustrating round. Drove an hour to play it as I do 2-3x a year..
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We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 4-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing at our course.
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Hello. Thank you for reviewing the course. We would like to apologize for your recent experience.
We're sorry to hear you were less than satisfied during your round. We pride ourselves on our providing great service and the high-quality standards we maintain.
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