Courses · New York

Country Club Of Buffalo

Williamsville, New York · 18 holes · par 70 · Private. Designed by Donald Ross, opened 1926.

A caddie's yardage book for every hole: plays-like distance from USGS lidar elevation, reach and carry numbers for every bunker and water hazard, green front, middle and back, which way each green falls, and the lay-up zone on par 5s. Distances are from the back tees along the mapped hole; for a shorter tee, take off the scorecard difference.

Course profile

• At about 690 ft the ball carries about 1% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 149. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
• Biggest climb: hole 18, where the green sits 37 ft above the tee and plays about 12 yards longer.
• Biggest drop: hole 15, where the green sits 32 ft below the tee and plays about 11 yards shorter.
• 16 greens tilt 2% or more. Each hole below says which side of the hole leaves an uphill putt.

Maps: tee at the bottom, green at the top. The dashed line is the mapped hole; the gold band is the lay-up zone; the arrow on the green points downhill.

Scorecard

Tees

Hole 1 · Par 4

386 (Black) · 364 (Blue) · 364 (White) · 348 (Green) · 291 (Gold) · 291 (Red) yards · Handicap 11

Plays like

385-4 ft

Green · Black tee

368 · 386 · 405front · middle · back

Green size

39 × 26yards deep × wide

Fairway

43 ydswide at 230

Green slope

3%falls to the front-right

In play

• Bunker across the hole: 119 to reach, 138 to carry
• Bunker right: 125 to reach, 145 to carry
• 4 bunkers right: 169 to reach, 282 to carry
• Bunker front of the green
• Bunker front-left of the green
• Bunker right of the green
• Bunker left of the green

Playing notes

• Dogleg right at about 218 yards.
• Fairway bunkers on the right: 169 to reach, 282 to carry. Drives that finish short of 169 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
• The fairway is about 43 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 27 at 270.
• Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
• Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
• The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 3%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
• The green is 39 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.

Hole 2 · Par 4

391 (Black) · 385 (Blue) · 365 (White) · 333 (Green) · 333 (Gold) · 301 (Red) yards · Handicap 7

Plays like

392+2 ft

Green · Black tee

377 · 391 · 405front · middle · back

Green size

30 × 32yards deep × wide

Fairway

34 ydswide at 234

Green slope

2.5%falls to the front-left

In play

• Bunker across the hole: 149 to reach, 160 to carry
• 2 bunkers left: 210 to reach, 242 to carry
• Bunker right: 218 to reach, 233 to carry
• Bunker left: 289 to reach, 303 to carry
• Bunker front of the green
• Bunker front-right of the green
• Bunker left of the green

Playing notes

• Dogleg left at about 253 yards.
• Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 210 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 210 keeps them out of play.
• The fairway is about 34 yards wide at 234 and narrows to 28 at 274.
• Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
• Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
• The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 2.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 3 · Par 4

428 (Black) · 416 (Blue) · 416 (White) · 318 (Green) · 318 (Gold) · 275 (Red) yards · Handicap 5

Plays like

427-2 ft

Green · Black tee

415 · 428 · 445front · middle · back

Green size

30 × 23yards deep × wide

Fairway

34 ydswide at 237

Green slope

2.5%falls to the front-right

In play

• Bunker across the hole: 161 to reach, 169 to carry
• Bunker right: 224 to reach, 247 to carry
• Bunker left: 237 to reach, 246 to carry
• Bunker right: 264 to reach, 277 to carry
• Bunker right: 322 to reach, 345 to carry
• Bunker front of the green
• Bunker right of the green

Playing notes

• Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 224 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 224 keeps them out of play.
• The fairway is about 34 yards wide at 237.
• The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
• Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
• The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 2.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 37 · Par 58 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 313 · Par 514 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 317 · Par 418 · Par 4

The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:

• 15 plays-like yardages
• 73 hazards with reach and carry
• 14 green slope reads
• 2 par-5 lay-up zones

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Hole maps, hazards and playing notes come from mapped course data and USGS 3DEP elevation (public domain), not a visit. Plays-like numbers use the Skitty caddie's rule of one yard per 3 ft of rise, from the longest tee; altitude uses 1.16% of carry per 1,000 ft. Tees, hazards and conditions change; check with the course before you play. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0) via OpenGolfAPI. Scorecard yardages and ratings as published. See a mistake? Email [email protected].

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