Just an FYI for those who are weekend warriors around the Houston area...

I haven't been out to cypresswood in at least a decade. My son has a HS tournament out there in a few weeks so we took him there yesterday evening to see the course and squeeze in some holes.

I was REALLY surprised at the condition of the Tradtion course there. I full on expected goat track or near goat track status from what I remembered. It was in GREAT shape. Especially considering the drought we've had. Tees, fairways and greens were all good grass. I walked so got to see a lot of the course. I only found 2 spots on greens that were struggling. And both were small areas.

Not to mention, they had a tournament that went out at 10:30. They opened up twilight times startin at 3:50. We were 2nd group. Had 3 people in front of us. Finished all 18 in right at 2.5 hours

Tradition is a fun layout. It has 4-5 holes that makes you really hit your spot. The other one… BAD. I had a TXGA qualifier out there this summer and they cancelled it the day before and moved it to Tradition because of how bad of shape it was in.

I was really disappointed when they closed the Creek course. I thought the layout was fun, and it was never crowded when I played it.

The greens were insanely slow today. I don't know if spoiled by memorial, but they were insanely shaggie and looked like they hadn't been cut for a few days / week

Might be overseeded

One of my favorites to play with my kid…and kids play free!

It definitely was

Only traditions hole I didn't like is a par 3 that used to have a lake that has been drained so now it's a giant bunker.

GoAgs92 said:

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Only traditions hole I didn't like is a par 3 that used to have a lake that has been drained so now it's a giant bunker.

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The only hole I can think of would be 14, but there was never a lake there. It was always a waste area, but Harvey flattened the steep slope to the right side. That hole has been softened/made easier, for sure.

In general, Tradition is one of the best public courses in town. I do miss Creek though. That was a fun course.

Poot said:

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GoAgs92 said:

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Only traditions hole I didn't like is a par 3 that used to have a lake that has been drained so now it's a giant bunker.

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The only hole I can think of would be 14, but there was never a lake there. It was always a waste area, but Harvey flattened the steep slope to the right side. That hole has been softened/made easier, for sure.

In general, Tradition is one of the best public courses in town. I do miss Creek though. That was a fun course.

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That makes sense

Learning about creek sent me on a Google earth rabbit hole about closed courses in Houston, especially places I grew up playing in West Houston. Really depressing how much gets flattened to make another row of track homes

terradactylexpress said:

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Learning about creek sent me on a Google earth rabbit hole about closed courses in Houston, especially places I grew up playing in West Houston. Really depressing how much gets flattened to make another row of track homes

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RIP Old Orchard. Wife and I took our engagement photos there around some of the old buildings.

Ezra Brooks said:

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terradactylexpress said:

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Learning about creek sent me on a Google earth rabbit hole about closed courses in Houston, especially places I grew up playing in West Houston. Really depressing how much gets flattened to make another row of track homes

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RIP Old Orchard. Wife and I took our engagement photos there around some of the old buildings.

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did Old Orchard become Black Hawk CC?

Me and the boy also played Battleground out in Deer Park, Greens and Fairways were fine, half the tee boxes needed a jackhammer to get a tee in the ground.

$5 for the kid to play, bargain!

MAROON said:

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Ezra Brooks said:

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terradactylexpress said:

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Learning about creek sent me on a Google earth rabbit hole about closed courses in Houston, especially places I grew up playing in West Houston. Really depressing how much gets flattened to make another row of track homes

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RIP Old Orchard. Wife and I took our engagement photos there around some of the old buildings.

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did Old Orchard become Black Hawk CC?

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No.

Shadow Hawk is the place that was adjacent to Old Orchard. Black Hawk is a rename of the Houstonian, next door to Shadow Hawk.

Ezra Brooks said:

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terradactylexpress said:

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Learning about creek sent me on a Google earth rabbit hole about closed courses in Houston, especially places I grew up playing in West Houston. Really depressing how much gets flattened to make another row of track homes

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RIP Old Orchard. Wife and I took our engagement photos there around some of the old buildings.

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Old Orchard was an awesome course. One of very best in the entire area before they closed it.