HalBader

I played Cypress at Stonegate six days after Hurricane Irma and the course was in excellent shape. The grounds folk at Stonegate do an excellent job of keeping the course in very good condition.

I played the East course. The South course is closed for the summer. The conditions were pretty bad. The greens were splotches of grass. The tees and fairways. I often had to pick my ball up on the fairways to place it on a patch of grass. It appeared like there had been no maintenance to the course in days, if not weeks. But price, $14, was great. So I got what I paid for.

Generally, this is a really nice course. There are enough water hazards and sand traps to make it challenging. Several greens had slopes making them challenging. The course was designed well minimizing redundancy. The staff was very nice and helpful. The course was generally in very good shape - only problem was several bunkers had excessive water in them.

The course was in surprisingly good condition - the greens, though, could use some work. The course had plenty of challenges - especially for my level (low 90's). This was a tremendous deal for what I paid.