Buffalo Tournament Club

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

I’ve Played here plenty of times before but it was the first time this year. I’ve never played a course that couldn’t put tee markers out. The tee boxes weren’t cut or rolled. The course was wet as expected but there probably should have been a cart path only or 90 degree rule in place. Greens were slower than usual and didn’t look like they had been cut as they should. Not worth the $42 round in my opinion. Maybe in a few weeks if it dries out. The lack of tee markers boggles my mind.

It's early, but just simple things such as tee box markers so you know where blue/white tees are.
The tees themselves appear as if they're fairway.
A great layout but the experience could be so much more with just the minimum amount of TLC applied.
The recommendation to a friend is based upon them getting the course in better shape.

I’ve played just about every course in the area. I wish I would've chosen anywhere else as they were not ready to open. They couldn’t even drive around and throw a set of tees out on the course. It’s the spring so the course is expected to still be a little wet, understandable. Greens were in awful shape. If you’re already willing to drive out to BTC, go a little further and get some value for your money at Ivy Ridge, Fox Valley Club (literally across the street), Rothland, etc. so many options where they will minimally go out and set some tees up.

Firstly, the pace of play is absolutely horrific. A Marshall needs I be observing the play. They had a starter for no reason. Players in front of us had 2 empty holes in front of them. Unacceptable.

No food or beverages. Water should be provided on the course. Missing out on tons of money with no cart girl.

The layout was fine.

Tee boxes were terrible.

Greens were not rolled. Grain was growing in all directions. Surprising there were no pitch marks. But on the other hand, the quality of golfers was epically poor.

Wont be back.

I played this course on 4/23/22. While it is expected that spring golf will not have ideal conditions, this was far worse than i would be willing to endure.
The cartpath was riddled with potholes and closed in some portions, the entire course was super soggy and muddy, greens were incredibly slow compared to a couple of years ago.
The most annoying part to me is that no one even bothered to put a single set of tee markers out there. If you can put the flags up, at least have the decency to put the tee markers. Its a shame to see the course in these conditions

Enjoyed the course, conditions of the course were pretty decent. Do not really understand all of the bad reviews. Very positive experience

Don’t try playing here after 5pm. Took 2.5 hours just to get 9 holes in. No refund offered for remaining 9. Will not play here again

BTC has the potential to be a wonderful course. Its layout makes it a nice track and many holes are challenging without being punitive for the average player. But, the course itself suffers from poor maintenance. I used to play it as my regular course, but I now go elsewhere. I played it once in 2021. There were giant gouges on some of the holes and the greens were a bit beaten up. There is no clubhouse and the snack bar at the turn is still closed. This could be a really great course, but the money doesn’t seem to be there to make the necessary improvements.

The course has a great layout , beautiful greens, most holes aren’t very difficult,. A few holes on the back 9 are gorgeous! The cart paths and some tee boxes need work , but that doesn’t affect play. They need to open a clubhouse , but it’s a great course for the price.

First let me state that I made an error in not seeing the start time for coupons was 11 am and later. So I make a tee time for 10:11 am.

My good friend and I drive up from Rochester and got there at 9:40 am...plenty of time for our start time. A light mist was falling and windy but we still wanted to play.

Young man in pro shop was pleasant and did his best to state that my coupon would not be valid until 11 am. He said the owner was very particular about these situations and would not let us out before 11 using the coupon. My mistake yes.

But on September 24th...10 cars in the parking lot...not allowing us to play earlier than 11 am seemed to me ridiculous give the time of year, the number of golfers out on the course and weather conditions. Can't use the coupon now as expires and will be out of town. My bad, but "Come on Man"!!!!

Management needs to improve on how they treat golfers. The success of any business depends on repeat business which the management does not seem to comprehend, shown by the way they treat golfers. I golf at a lot of courses around Buffalo and have never been treated as poorly as I have at Buffalo Tournament Club.
Management is rude, condescending and lack the skills to manage a successful business.

the worse course in WNY. Pro Shop staff are the most arrogant and ignorant of any course I've ever played. would not recommend this course to anyone

The course closed due to weather conditions, they could have had the common courtesy to call prior to me driving all the way to the course.

The greens were in great condition, fast and challenging, fairways good , tee boxes could use some work, and they need to open a clubhouse. A good value .

This course is absolute garbage. They overbook and the pace of play is terrible. It takes almost 6 hours on the weekend. The condition is no better, cart paths are ruined and bumpy every step of the way, its easier to drive on the grass but you still have to watch out for random holes. Tee boxes are never repaired and the greens are dry. It looks like they don’t even maintain the course. The staff can be incredibly rude as well. Not worth $20 per round. It looks exactly the same as it has years ago and the owner won’t open the snack shop to sell burgers or drinks - too lazy to hire someone.

Buffalo tournament club is a waste. Beautiful layout but terrible on everything else. $100 to play 18, not anything worth that - I’d rather go anywhere else. Fairways rough look just about the same (minimal grass) and greens are brutal too. The green on the second hole has has a tree root growing through it and popping out. No course maintenance at all and I can’t imagine how this is worth $100. Terrible, I’d never play there and will tell everyone I know to not play there either.

The general layout, and natural landscape could make this a top 10 public course. The condition and general upkeep make it a bottom 10. Cart paths horrendous, greens okay, fairway to rough - hard to tell the difference. Traps - horrible, Hole Signage is non existent .
BUT what it could be! Challenging par 3’s - nice mix in the layout and use of trees, and the land.

New Clubhouse has never been opened. Halfway house hasn't been open in at least 2 years. No starters. No Marshall's Cart paths are like a war zone. They say they can't find help. That's a lie. All surrounding courses have no problem. The owner is operating on the cheap. Not even a cold drink vending machine. This place is a joke. It's easy to understand why this place has such a horrible reputation.

There was zero food there other than chips. We were starving and wanted to eat before we teed off or certainly at the turn. Nothing. No convenience stores or restaurants nearby neither. Fix this and rating goes to a 5.