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3.5
3388 Reviews (3388)
5 Stars
642
4 Stars
1786
3 Stars
652
2 Stars
191
1 Stars
117
Conditions
3.2
Value
3.8
Layout
4.2
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
3.6
Amenities
3.3
76.0%
Recommend this course
2898 out of 3388 reviews
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3.2
160 Reviews (160)
5 Stars
17
4 Stars
56
3 Stars
41
2 Stars
27
1 Stars
19
Conditions
2.7
Value
3.2
Layout
4.2
Pace
3.5
Amenities
3.1
StaffFriendliness
4.3
61.3%
Recommend this course
98 out of 160 reviews
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3.4
233 Reviews (233)
5 Stars
36
4 Stars
94
3 Stars
54
2 Stars
29
1 Stars
20
Conditions
3.0
Value
3.6
Layout
4.3
Pace
3.6
Amenities
3.3
StaffFriendliness
4.4
70.8%
Recommend this course
165 out of 233 reviews
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Course Highlights
Buffalo Creek's staff consistently earns high praise for their friendly and professional service throughout the round. The course layout stands out as a genuine strength, delivering strategic and enjoyable play at outstanding value.

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Holes 18
Type Public
Style Links
Par 72
Length 7003 yards
Slope 130
Rating 73.2
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Course Details

Year Built 1988
Golf Season Year round
Architect Ron Garl (1988)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code No tank tops, mid shirts or cutoffs.

Food & Beverage

Snacks
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Reviews

3.5
3388 Reviews (3388)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 16
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 41
Bunkers 30
Forced Carries 25
This course/club is great for:
Locals 38
Seniors 29
Advanced Golfers 21
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 27
In the 'Burbs 26
Convenient to the City 17

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Reviews 29
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Played On
Reviews 80
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
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3.0
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First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

2ND CHANCE ?

1ST THE NEG. A REAL CRAPPY DRIVNG RANGE AND SHORT GAME AREA. ALSO IF THINKING OF WALKING BE AWARE OF SOME HOLES ARE VERY FAR APART.

FAIRWAYS WERE FAIR,GREENS WERE GOOD A LITTLE BUMPY. GOLFED WITH A GREAT GROUP ALL FROM CHICAGO AREA. COURSE COULD USE A LITTLE WATER ON IT. AND IF YOU LIKE LOOKING AT GATORS THEN YOU WILL BE HAPPY. I SAW AT LEAST 8

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 229
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Top 100 Contributor
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Previously Played

Hurry up and wait

Buffalo is notorious for being backed up and lack of carts. Although you wait the course is fun to pkay. Expect 5-6 hours for 18 especially during snowbird and spring breakers

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Overbooked

Way overbooked. Can't even get carts back in for afternoon tee times. Arrive normal time to be ready and have to wait for a cart to come in before you can load clubs. Wait every shot. As many as for four groups on past 4's.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 10
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Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Overall course rating

I've been playing Buffalo creek since it's inception. Used to live less than a mile from the course. It's fair to say that it gets alot of play and not enough TLC. But the greens were fast. Alot of different kinds of grass and a few patches under repair. The fairways over seeded but not bad to make contact. Roughs are rough. Tee boxes are over seeded and have alot of unrepaired divots. No sand boxes available. But again for a public course and the price of golf today in this area. (Average cost for more upscale course between $120 - $150.) This is a really good deal. Paid $55 after 12.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

This course is in horrible condition.

This facility is in horrible condition. The only nice thing I can say about the course or the amenities is that the staff was very nice to us. This course should be no more then 20 bucks to play.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 02/28/2024

Are you sure you played Buffalo Creek? Maybe you usually play Augusta National? To say the course is in horrible shape is an outright lie. For the money it's the best course in the area!

Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Pace of play

Severely over booked, some tee boxes had 6 to 8 players waiting, took almost 6 hrs to play a round

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

So slow! Clear your schedule.

They book tee times every 7 minutes or so. The course got extremely backed up with nobody pushing pace of play. We played a 3.25 hour front 9… We asked the ranger to try and move things along because the group in front of us were hitting multiple balls per person, looking for balls forever, driving their carts to each persons ball to watch them hit before going to their own ball, etc. The ranger watched for about 10-15 seconds and said “Yeah, that happens, but they are moving along quick enough” and just drove away. Honestly, if you shoot less than 100, you will wait forever. The round took us over 6 hours…

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Could have been better

Good course. Will never play again until summer. I understand about making money but tee times need to be spaced better. Pace of play was ridiculous. 5 1/2-6 hr round just should not happen. Same as manatee county course. Stop being greedy and make it so rounds are done in a decent amount of time. When you have 4-8 carts stacked up on tees it’s no fun. Staff was very friendly. Which was the plus.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 15
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Extremely slow play on this day.

Buffalo Creek has always been a favourite, but yesterday’s 5 hour plus round was very disappointing.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

They overbook

It took us 5 hours and 50 mins to play the round. Every tee box had 2 groups or more.

Way too long to play a round of golf. This was a week day. Would not want to play weekend then.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

Great staff!!

Buffalo Creek is in good shape. Great group of gentlemen running the course. Keep up the good work.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 55
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 26
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Buffalo Creek

Played this course a couple times.. Good value for the money. To often the pace is slow. Some of it is because they only have 7 minute increments on tee times. The other reason is an over the water tricky green par 3 for the third hole., where everything gets 3 and 4 group backups. If they would increase the tee time increments by even one or two minutes it would help a lot or keep the same increments and switch the front nine to the back nine and that would alleviate the problem by itself. Back right now starts with 3 fair par 4’s and a simple par 3. That would move things along much better

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
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