Buffalo Tournament Club

Beer sales ended at 5pm. Course packed on a Sunday. Teed off at 3:15, grabbed a few beers for the front 9. Made the turn at 5:15 and clubhouse was locked up. Called the proshop to ask if they can have somebody open it to sell us beer for the back 9. No dice. Kid was cocky and unhelpful. If I ever get stuck playing there again I will be sure to stock up early. But, hopefully that doesn’t ever happen again. Course was pretty beat up. There are better values out there. Lots of ball marks on greens and fairways burned out. They appear to be putting all their money into a new clubhouse instead of maintaining the course.

I love the layout.

Fairways cut too short.

Cart paths are terrible at best

Gravel traps are terrible, if you can’t maintain them with sand remove them.

Grass way to long around apron of greens. Whoever heard of rough around a green?

Club house will be a huge upgrade if it ever gets completed.

the layout is good conditions in spots a little dry or brittle ;great greens !

Many divots not repaired and not sand on carts to help do that. Not many ball washers and tee box's could use help.

The staff was terrific.

BTC has a great layout and very good greens, but everything else is lacking. Fairways need a lot of work and sometimes difficult to tell the fairway from the rough. The sand traps have always been in poor shape and need more sand and less stones. Pace of play is usually very slow however likely due to more “beginners” playing here. It’s a shame they’ve been trying to build a clubhouse for two years. Their limited funds would have been better off going into improving the course to make it more playable and up to similar standards as Ivy Ridge, Arrowhead, Diamond Hawk, Glen Oaks and Harvest Hill to name a few. Also understaffed and unprepared to host tournaments. Not unusual to run out of food and start things late. Focus on the course and.customer service and it will help to drive revenue to complete the clubhouse.

This used to be what I would consider my "home course". However, this year course doesn't seem to be taken care of as in years past. Fairways with large divots and tee boxes in rough shape. The price is $10+ above where it should be for this course. $51 for this or $55 for Harvest hill...100% harvest hill no doubt as it is WAY nicer. Twilight rates should start at 5 instead of 6 (nobody books tee times between 5 & 6, after work, because they wait till 6 for the twilight rate, but then the course is way to crowded at 6 so you are lucky to get 9 holes in before sundown. Disappointed to say the least.

Just about all the greens have multiple ball marks that people don’t fix. Weekend players don’t care. Only 6 ball washers on entire course and usually out of water or have minimal dirty water. Sand traps have multiple large rocks in them and usually hard. No fluffy sand which is great because your ball usually rolls right through it. Gravel cart paths need to be filled because it’s like pot hole city which we are used to here in Buffalo. Fairways have bent grass which is harmed to hit off of especially in the spring when it hasn’t started growing yet. Rough in places it’s so thick it’s easy to loose your ball. Must go back and forth looking slowing play. Not cut low enough to speed up play. Not worth what they charge.

course is in terrible shape !!! never have seen a course with the entire green surrounded by rough,no aprons.USGA says a course should be playable by all levels of players...not here. the people in the pro shop treat you like a total incon vienence. we usually take 16 to 20 people and we will never go back

Course layout is excellent. Found it to be in good shape. Golf pro is friendly and hopeful

A group of myself and 7 friends had tee times first thing in the morning, I believe 614 on fathers day. We live 40 minutes away from the course. A course rep had no problem calling us the day before our tee time to male sure we were showing up that early the next day.. my HUGE problem is the fact that no one had the courtesy to call us the morning of our tee time to let us know the course was unplayable. Instead, we all got up at 430am, drove out to BTC just to have an attendant standing there in the parking and tell us the course was closed.. we found this absolutely unacceptable and refuse to play your course again. We much rather prefer a phone call, even bright and early, to save us the hour and a half round trip, then drive all the way out for nothing.. Horrible customer service!

I think the layout of BTC is very good. Conditions are iffy at times. tee boxes and greens need more attention and fairways are bare in spots. The rough is fairly good.

Compared to other courses in the area they overcharge by about $5.00 / round.

Amenities are poor. No drinking water on the course except for the snack shop which isn't always open. Ball washers are not on every hole and are sometimes empty.

Lots of potential but a long way to go to meet the price they charge.

This course is in rough shape. Tee boxes were rough . Absolutely no thought or attention to women’s tee boxes. Greens were a mess from ball marks. Fairways needed cutting and water! Lots of weeds.

Greens are largest I've played and in excellent condition. Some tee boxes in need of repair.

Price - 5/10 ($22 for as much as you can get in (11 holes))

Staff - 5/10 (Cashier and starter were both nice)

Putting Green - 7/10 (Large chipping /putting area)

Course Condition - 6/10 (Wet in spots but overall decent shape)

Course Layout - 5/10 (Standard Layout, no signature holes)

Greens - 6/10 (Decent shape, large greens)

Course Difficulty - 5/10 (Wide Fairways, large greens)

Pace of Play - 7/10 (Great Pace.Went off just after leagues and it was still moving pretty well)

Views/Scenery - 4/10 (Typical Golf course views)

Food/beverage - 4/10 (Same old options)

54/100...... I give the course credit for letting people go out after leagues as not many courses would do that. There’s a new GPS system in their carts which was great and informed us how much time we had remaining before we had to bring the carts back in, which is great for groups trying to get in as many holes as possible. It’s a better solution than having the starter go chase people down. Overall the course was decent. Greens were in decent shape and same with the fairways. Tough to find trouble as the fairways and greens are both massive and not a lot of trouble. If the course invested in an actual cart path and some updated landscaping, it could end up being a really nice public course.

The course was in surprisingly good condition seeing as how we are in a drought. The greens which are well maintained rolled true and fast with almost no brown spots while also holding well on approach shots.

No delays and play moved along well throughout the round!

We had the first tee time of the day at 6am. We arrived early and were greeted by Scott who was very courteous and accommodating. The course itself has seen better days. Lots of burned out fairways and irregular draining issues. We were looking to get a quick round in for a reasonable rate which we accomplished.

We booked a 7:07 tee time because we wanted to get a quick 18 in the morning. We come off of 9 and they put 3 foursomes out in front of us on the back nine. I doubt I'll be going back here until they stop doing that.

This course has a good layout and the greens are usually in great shape. But the fairways are bare, like hitting off dirt.

This place was extremely overbooked. I made a tee time a week in advance yet still had to wait 45 mins to tee off! Extremely slow play with at least 2 different groups of 4 waiting to tee off on every hole. What's the point of having a tee time if you have to wait 30-45 mins BETWEEN SHOTS!? I understand it's the beginning of golf season in WNY and not every place is open yet but they should drastically limit their tee times between 10-4 on a Saturday if they want to provide a better experience. I will be spending my money elsewhere this summer, terrible.