Buffalo Tournament Club

I have played here a few times this year and it is always the same - 5 hour round if not longer. Every time you pull up to #4, 2 foursomes waiting to tee off. I believe the tee times are staggered every 8 minutes, this coarse is geared towards beginner/intermediate golfers, the tee times should be spaced out every 10 minutes. I understand that means less tee times and less money for the coarse but do you also want to push away golfers due to the length of the round? Also I have never seen a ranger driving around to push the pace of play, also never seen a cart girl. There is a driving range but they don't have staff on site to pick up the balls on a Saturday morning to open up the range, put someone else on the staff! The carts paths are in pour condition, additional dirt/stones could easily be placed down to fill in these giant holes/bumps. They just started selling beer and now they are charging a cooler fee, never have seen that before! If management adjusted tee times, hired additional staff and invested some money into the coarse you would have many more happy golfers rather than people who walk away after a round looking for other places to play next week.

I've played this course many times over the last few years. Greens are well kept, but management stuffs too many people on the course with many of them being beginners who take 4 practice swings, dub the ball a few yards, take 4 more practice swings, etc. Many also take forever putting. Accordingly, the rounds are ineviatably 4 and a half hours plus. I won't be going back regardless of the price unless several people tell me that "things have changed.." I don't care about food, but those who do will only have a selection of candy bars and snacks.

We used to love to this course until we got harassed for having a cooler that we paid $10 to bring in by the starter…this place is terrible now

We had a late morning t-time and were told that they were running late by 10-15 minutes. Play of the course took just under 5 hours. 4 foresomes on some hole. Not a ranger in site. Looks like they overbook the course. Have played this course for a number of years. Always slow play and if you get your round done in 4:30 minutes that is unusual. The course has no food or facility to sit and have a sandwich and a beer. They have been open for many years and still do not have a restaurant. You must drive to the pro-shop up a hill, and drop off your bag. . Then after you park walk up this hill and get your cart. No carts allowed in the parking lot. A terrilble layout.

7:20am tee time, staff couldn’t be worse. They don’t sell alcoholic drinks there yet they forced us to pay a fee for bringing our own drinks on the course. Staff was very accusatory, inspecting our carts very thoroughly for any kind of drinks. Starter was a huge pain and extremely unfriendly. Conditions were atrocious. Had not rained all week with a little sprinkle the evening before and the course was absolutely soaked in the morning. Puddles all over the fairway. Second time playing this year and it was identical conditions to the previous time. Pace of play is usually horrible with the amount of people that are there and the caliber of players that go there. Absolutely horrible experience and don’t plan on playing there again for the rest of the season.

Prior to playing yesterday the last time I played the course was in horrible conditions. Tall Weeds in the fairways, no definition of fairway/rough and potholes everywhere. This time around no weeds and definition was there but the potholes are still there. The course could be a top course in WNY with TLC. Great layout.

Course has improved slightly but not worth the $48. Don't care much for not being able to drive a golf cart to your vehicle to load and unload your bag. No food or drink at the turn For whatever reason .

1st time I played in 3 years.. Had 6:05 pm tee time and paid 18 hold rate . Expected at least 12 to 13 holes given the time but because so many golfers were stacked up in front of us we completed 9 by the time it got dark. Requested either a " rain" check or some or some future credit and was told that didn't exist.. Should not have to pay for 18 holes when management knew or should have known the
number of players on the course made it impossible to even complete 12 to 13 holes.. Likely will not come back unless 9 whole rates are instituted.

Priorities are messed up at this club. The club house has been being built for two years and still isn't open. You're not going to get people to come there to eat or rent the clubhouse if it's ever finished without improving the course. Some tee boxes are nonexistent. Hole signage is nowhere to be found and pace of play is awful. They need a ranger to control pace of play. Gift certifies are only able to be used at certain times so if you don't have one and desperate to play get your tee time scheduled prior to 11am so you don't get stuck behind slow people .

Where do I begin? I can only start with a metaphor to accurately describe this course. BTC is the Yings of golf courses. The coveted local bar is known for bad conditions, bad decisions, and good people. This course continuously fails to provide a good golf experience. Although some days, they have it nailed. Like when the mark the tee box markers with beer cans because there are no other markers. I know I found the blues when a pile of Michelin Ultras are symmetrical placed across the tee box. The layout can make this a premier course in WNY instead they invested money into a clubhouse that took 10 years to build and still hasn’t been opened. Expect a 5-6 hour round. You may think you’re flying the first few holes but just wait until #4. #4 always hits…just hit your top flite Tiger, it’s not that hard.

9/10 would golf again

I’ve been coming here since they have opened, I enjoy the course BUT the cart paths awful, and there are a lot of ditches on many of the fairways and no they are not part of the course as “hazards”. Also the sand traps are always hard as concrete. If these 3 things would be addressed and fixed it would easily be one of the top courses around here, esp since they are finally getting amenities.

This was our first time at this course this year. We had a 3:32 pm tee time. First, there was no 9-hole price, 18 holes only. Our first nine went well, since there was not very many people playing the back 9. However, as we transitioned to the front 9, it became disappointing. As we approached the # 1 tee, there were 3 groups waiting to tee off. 30 minutes later, we finally teed off. We waited an extra 5 minutes, so we wouldn’t be in a “hit and wait” posture. This worked for the first hole only. On # 2, we waited 15 minutes to tee off, as we watched three groups tee off ahead of us. Once we reached # 4, a situation developed where there were three groups on the tee or fairway, all waiting to take their next shots. At that point, we lost our patience and left the course. So, we paid for 18 holes, but played only 12, due to slow pace of play. The management knew that they had several groups in league play, but still insisted in charging us for 18 holes, even though it was highly unlikely that we would ever finish 18 holes. It will be a long time before we play this course again.

I love the layout and greens on this course. No problems with the course at all. Starter was very friendly and easy to deal with. Now the not-so-good. They finally got ball washers, which was good, but there was no water in them. This is the second time in a row that I saw a fivesome on the course, and the first time I have seen a SIXsome. Somebody has got to monitor that. I never see any rangers on the course., and it makes for too long of a round. For the third time this year there are no tee markers on 13 (don't understand it). I will go here every so often because I like the layout, but it's not going to be a top choice.

This course is not worth paying full price.
If it wasn't for the pre season promotion of 20 per round
we probably wouldn't play.
It's a shame because the layout is very good but upkeep is brutal. There's a hole in front of the first green that fills with water and doesn't drain until the weather really dries out. It's been like that for at least 3 yrs. now.
Nice large club house that never opened.

I have played this course on and off for a number of years. I love the layout of the course. However, the conditions seem to change significantly from one year to the next. I would say that this year is one of the better years. That being said, the cart paths continue to be bad to non-existent. On some fairways, there were random craters (yes, craters) where it appeared that meteors had struck? I have never really seen anything like it. The rough needs work. The attention that has been given to the fairways and greens is completely lost on the rough. Overall, it is a great layout, a fairly challenging course, and in fairly good condition. The price probably matches the value.

Really nothing special about the course, but the greens are decent with good speed and the price of this course is great value. I like playing here if I can’t find a tee time at one of the more premium courses around.

I golfed this course many times and until recently it has been great. Lately, management books SO MANY tee times to where pace of play is horrid. We had a 5:46 pm tee time, didn’t get to tee off until 6:05pm and there was a group of 5 in front of us which was also frustrating. Employees of the course verbatim told us that the owner just tries to get as many people in there as possible. We golfed 10 holes in 3.5 hours and that included us jumping all over the course to open holes due to 10+ minute waits at each tee box. I will NOT be golfing at this course again. This was by far the worst golfing experience I have ever had.

Not even worth my effort to write a long review on my experience. I’ll keep it short. Could be a very nice course. Seems to be completely mismanaged. The experience was almost laughable. Please stop giving places like this our business and go elsewhere!!!!! If you do go and you read all these reviews you will be kicking yourself in the butt for not listening. If you have the unfortunate responsibility to book tee times for a group of people prepare to defend yourself afterwards about your choice. I know I had to. I will never return……ever