Buffalo Tournament Club

This could be a very nice upper end course in the area. It’s just not there yet. The up keep and lack of progress on the course doesn’t match the price. For the price you can find much better courses in the area that’s way nicer. There’s a lot of work to be done here but potential.

Buffalo Tournament Club has potential to be one of the nicest public courses in the area. However. the tee boxes are very torn up and its hard to find a good place to tee off. Many of the fairways also have an excessive amount weeds growing making the course look sloppy.

The non-progress of this course continues. Fine layout but poor maintenance. You can't blame the Coronavirus for weeds, bare patches, and ruts in the fairways; traps need work. Greens are large and better maintained. Cart paths need significant work.

Me and 3 other buddies from work would head out to BTC last year in the morning to get 9 holes in before heading into the office. They were always very accommodating and we had no issues getting off around 6am and being done before 8am. We played BTC this morning for the first time this year assuming they would have a 9 hole rate. Unfortunately when we got there we found out they don't have a 9 hole rate during the pandemic. Not really sure why that would be the case but it will more than likely result in our foursome not returning to play BTC this year. Well maybe one more time to use our $15 rain check which will result in us paying $22 for 9 holes which I have no issue with at all. Put in a 9 hole rate for $22.00 and you can pencil our foursome in once/week at 6am. Hope you listen to your customers, thanks.

The upkeep on the greens is fair and the course is fun and challenging. The biggest gripe I have is the sand traps. There’s actually weeds growing in them at this point. I can’t wait to finally get to see the clubhouse after this pandemic is over. Overall I do believe if they had more staff This could be a wonderful course. As of right now it is a good course.

Looking forward to the clubhouse finally!!! Conditions were a little rough this year at times but

Hopeful they will get better and more consistent. Cash flow may be limited for this independently owned course and am hoping the clubhouse will generate more play and course revenue to allow it to elevate it up a few more notches. I Truly enjoy playing here and look forward to great improvements for 2020 !!

Course has great ownership, staff, layout, price and a new clubhouse in 2020. Look forward to next season

BTC is an interesting layout and the greens are excellent, but the fairways are often in poor condition. The greens fee w/cart ($37) is higher than some other public courses in the area that are as well designed and much better maintained.

Still, the friendly staff and interesting layout makes it worth playing, especially if you can get a discounted rate. Special deals are available.

Love the course layout, prices are good, staff is friendly.

What is needed here and since it opened is a lot of TLC.

General appearance, lots of twigs, branches, leaves etc... lying around. Too many little metal poles with ropes going through them blocking off front on greens , around tee boxes, cart paths etcc.. they take away from the appearence.. Need a better definition between the fairways and rough, they blend together.

The course layout is nice - but too many holes have rough grown in front of the greens which makes the option of hitting shots short of the green and rolling the ball up to the hole impossible. This is the most frustrating part of the course layout. No other local course employs this feature as much as BTC. It is THE MOST annoying part of the experience of playing here. The greens are large and the the fairways are well kept. But they really need to cut the rough down in front of the greens to make playing here A LOT more enjoyable! The lack of a clubhouse is also a major drawback. They have been working on one for years now but it still seems like it is at least another year away.

Every green, even the par threes should have an opening of fairway cut about 10 yds wide.Then you would have a great and very playable course.,for all golfers, and probably attract more customers.

We have played this course many times over the past few years. We all agree we like the layout but hate the condition of the course. the ruffs are not consistently mowed, the fairways are in fair condition. The greens are , for the most part okay. We find the fact the every green is completely surrounded by 3-4 inch rough is not to our liking. The course needs better maintenance. We will try again next season, but if improvement isn't there, we will not play again....

The layout of the course is visually appealing.. 5 tee boxes give any level of player an opportunity to find their game. Greens are enormous and subtle.

Putting green is strategically placed. The driving range is large and near the pro shop.

While the course is not perfect. The current management is making an effort to make the course better.

One suggestion is to add ball washers to all holes.

The greens are big and fair. They roll pretty well. But completely around each green is approx. 20-30 yds of rough...the fairway does not go all the way to the green! I don’t care for this at all! The course seems to be run with minimal staff and care. They have been working on a new clubhouse for over a year! We were told that it would be up and running by Sept. 2018, but in Oct. 2019 it is still not done! If the course received the appropriate attention this could be a really fine course! But, unfortunately, they have chosen to do as little as possible. The carts have not been cleaned in two years, and are filthy! It’s an ok course for locals, but there are much better courses in the area that are much more worth the money. For what you get here, it’s over-priced!

Not sure why there’s negativity around this course. I’ve found it to have good value - far better than some other similarly priced local options like Audobon or Rothland.

Big greens that roll true. Most tee boxes need help. Several interesting holes on each nine.

Terrible experience on 8/4/19. Slow, bad conditions.

Read below if you'd like, but in summary: there are MUCH better options in the area, don't waste your time or money at this place.

Response from Owner:

AJ, I have researched your pace of play from yesterday and I see that you teed off yesterday at 3:54pm and finished the front 9 at 6:03pm. This shows that you played the front 9 in 2 hours and 9 minutes, which is faster than our pace of play policy. This puts you on pace to finish 18 holes in 4 hours and 18 minutes, again faster than the usual pace of play of 4 and a half hours. We also had a small outing on the course before you yesterday which obviously did not slow down your pace of play. In regards to the conditions we have been constantly working to improve the conditions of the golf course by watering our greens and fairways to make sure we are providing our customers with the best experience possible.

My Response:

Thank you for your response.

Our actual tee time was 3:27, finished just after 8PM. Front nine was excruciating, waited for two groups ahead to tee off on 4, 7 & 8. Back nine pace was better, but we still waited on 80-90% of shots.

Conditions...drove on #11 to center fairway into what was essentially a waste area of dead grass and dirt. Conversely, drive on 14 in fairway ended up in a mud puddle. Found that each fairway had good spots and bad. Tee boxes looked like they hadn't been rotated in a week, and greens were littered with ball marks old and new. 12 foot putt on #8 was not makable given conditions, and this was fairly consistent hole-to-hole.

I honestly love the layout of your course, and I think if managed better it could be an area jewel right up against other area public courses (Ivy Ridge & Harvest Hill come to mind). Unfortunately, given what we went through yesterday, it will be a long time before I come back and try it again.

I have played this course many times over the last 10 years and the conditions this year are the worst yet. I know management is trying to get the clubhouse project done, but that seems to be taking forever, and the course is suffering.

I played twice on weekends this summer and the halfway house was not open either time.

I love the layout of the course and will give it

Another chance again next year.

For the current conditions it's over priced.

I gave an overall rating of fair because I know the potential, and believe that management is trying.