Private

Cypress Course

Country Club of Jackson

Jackson, MS, USA
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9 holesPar 363,498 yds38/138

About this course

The Country Club of Jackson's Cypress Course represents a collaboration between Dick Wilson and John Fought, bringing together two distinct eras of American golf architecture. Wilson, who worked extensively across the southern United States during the mid-twentieth century, established the original routing and design character. Fought later contributed updates that preserved Wilson's strategic framework while adapting the course to modern playing standards. The course occupies terrain typical of central Mississippi, with modest elevation changes and mature tree corridors that define playing corridors and frame individual holes. The routing moves through natural lowland areas where cypress trees and native vegetation create a distinctive sense of place. Wilson's design philosophy emphasized strategic bunkering and green complexes that reward precise approach play, characteristics that remain evident throughout the layout. As part of a private club in Mississippi's capital city, the Cypress Course serves a membership rooted in the region's business and civic community. The club maintains traditional country club amenities and hosts member competitions throughout the year. The course reflects the evolution common to many established American clubs, where original designs receive thoughtful updates to balance historical character with contemporary expectations for conditioning and playability. The combination of Wilson's foundational design and Fought's later contributions creates a layout that emphasizes course management and shot-making over pure length, characteristic of courses designed to suit a range of playing abilities within a membership setting.

Quick facts

Location
Jackson, MS, USA
Access
Private
Year built
1914
Holes
9
Par
36
Length
3,498 yards
Difficulty
38/138

Getting there

The journey to Country Club of Jackson begins at Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport, a brief fifteen-minute drive north of the club's secluded grounds in Mississippi's capital city. The route threads through Jackson's tree-canopied neighborhoods, where the urban grid softens into quiet residential lanes that hint at the old Delta gentry's preference for privacy over proclamation. As you approach the club, the landscape settles into a hushed enclave of towering hardwoods and native cypress, the kind of setting that has sheltered Southern golf tradition for generations with little need to announce itself to the wider world.

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Common questions about Cypress at Country Club of Jackson

Ratings, design, and course details pulled from Course Vaults.

Cypress was designed by Dick Wilsoon Lefore and John Fought.

Cypress at Country Club of Jackson is listed as private on Course Vaults; guest access is typically restricted.

Par at Cypress is 36.

Cypress plays 3,498 yards from the back tees on Course Vaults.

The slope rating at Cypress is 138.

Cypress is a 9-hole course.

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