The Cypress Bend Resort, now part of the Wyndham hotel franchise system, is located on the Texas/Oklahoma border on Toledo Bend Lake about 1 1/2 hours west of Alexandria. It’s located about an hour east of the Rayburn Country Resort which we profiled on our last post and make a nice two-course combo of sorts, both with lodging.

The layout, on the Audubon Golf Trail of Louisiana, is carved through the pines with over half the holes bordering the Lake and six holes requiring shots over hidden coves or inlets. There’s five sets of tees with the tips at 6,707 yards, 72.9/141, course/slope ratings, originally designed by Dave Bennett with a recent Jeff Brauer redesign.