Cypress Lakes Golf Club is a semi-private, 18-hole facility located off US Highway 290 approximately 25 miles north of downtown Houston. The golf course is a championship Jim Fazio design locally renown for its great layout and excellent greens. In 2005 Texas Golfer voted the club “Best Kept Secret in Houston”, and in 2009 the Houston Chronicle ran an article headlined “Surfaces have been rated among the best in the Houston area since ’99”.