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Houston, TX
Champions Golf Club
Jackie Burke Jr. and Jimmy Demaret founded Champions in their hometown of Houston in 1957. The project followed Burke’s victories in both the Masters and PGA Championship the previous year, turning tournament success into a lasting golf institution.
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- 2 courses
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Courses
Course design
Champions tested the ground themselves
The Texas Golf Hall of Fame records a revealing part of their preparation: before the course was grassed, Burke and Demaret played shots from potential tees in different winds. Their examination of bare ground was an attempt to judge how the future course would actually play.
Championships
- 2020 U.S. Women's OpenCypress CreekJackrabbit · Early rounds
- 2017 U.S. Women’s Mid-AmateurCypress Creek
- 2003 TOUR ChampionshipCypress Creek
- 2001 TOUR ChampionshipCypress Creek
View all 11 past editions
Results and dates 11 editions
Tour Championship
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Nabisco Championships
Jodie Mudd
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TOUR Championship
David Duval
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TOUR Championship
Tiger Woods
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TOUR Championship
Mike Weir
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TOUR Championship
Chad Campbell
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U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur
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U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur
Virginia Derby Grimes
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U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur
Kelsey Chugg
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Ryder Cup
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United States (Ryder Cup)
U.S. Amateur
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John Harris
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U.S. Open
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Orville Moody
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U.S. Women's Open
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A Lim Kim
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In the archive
Sources and editorial notes12 references
Sources for this story
- Champions Golf Club Texas Golf Hall of Fame
History, Ready for Liftoff and The Secret was in the Dirt sections.
Consulted 2026-09-21
Record sources11 references
- Club mark source
- USGA Women's Open Champions and Championship Results The official champions table records the 2020 winner and site. Recorded site text follows that table; no canonical Club or Course identity is inferred. Explicit date span: www.usga.org
- USGA 2020 Women's Open round format and final results Official USGA round preview identifies Cypress Creek and Jackrabbit for the first two rounds, with Cypress Creek hosting both weekend rounds. Detailed results confirm both Courses in the completed championship: www.usga.org
- USGA: 2026 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur Record Book Championship Results: 1987 to 2025, PDF page 8, 2017 entry: Kelsey Chugg defeated Mary Jane Hiestand, 3 and 1, at Champions Golf Club. The date range is printed explicitly in the USGA record book and matches the earlier 2023 and 2025 versions.
- PGA TOUR: 2026 TOUR Championship Media Guide Official final leaderboard, PDF page 56. Competition 2003-11-06 through 2003-11-09.
- PGA TOUR: 2004 Media Guide PDF page 313 explicitly identifies the 2003 Cypress Creek course record and Jim Furyk's prior record in the third round of the 2001 TOUR Championship. Jackrabbit is not assigned.
- USGA: 2024 U.S. Amateur Record Book Printed/PDF page 10, 1993 result row. John Harris d. Danny Ellis, 5 and 3. Match margins and extra-hole lengths are not stroke totals. Actual dates from the retrospective result table.
- 2026 USGA Championships Media Guide - U.S. Open The official 2026 USGA Championship Record Book directly enumerates the completed 1969 Championship, champion, explicit date span, and site in Championship Results: 1895 to 2025. The recorded champion and site preserve the higher-resolution register text. The current official U.S. Open Champions table independently confirms the year, champion, and site.
- USGA championship host record Dated USGA host wording Champions G.C. (Cypress Creek Course), Houston, Texas is explicitly reconciled to Champions Golf Club in Houston, TX. The dated Cypress Creek Course qualifier resolves to the existing Cypress Creek Course owned by this Club. Host and competition dates: www.usga.org
- Ryder Cup official history The official Ryder Cup history data records the 1967 course and result.
- PGA TOUR 2011 Official Guide, Ryder Cup historical table (printed 4-9; PDF page 568) The official historical results table identifies Champions Golf Club as the 1967 Ryder Cup venue. This record verifies the club and year only; it does not infer a physical course, composite routing, unchanged layout, tees, or all-round use.