Is Cypress Point a great match-play course?

Sep 6, 2025, 7:47 PM•golfdigest

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With the Walker Cup being held this weekend on one of the most beautiful courses in the world, we evaluate Cypress Point's match-play merits. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

For the first time in more than 40 years, one of the world's most beautiful golf courses will host one of the game's most prestigious amateur events. With the Walker Cup returning to Cypress Point, the golf world will get a rare glimpse of the majestic Monterey Peninsula layout that is a mainstay near the top of our biennial ranking of America’s 100 Greatest Courses, currently ranked third behind only Augusta National and Pine Valley.

Few challenge the architectural genius of Alister MacKenzie’s design, but is it a great match-play course? Our architecture editor Derek Duncan analyzes Cypress Point’s match-play merits and puts the same test to Bethpage Black, host of the Ryder Cup later this month.

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