Grover Cleveland Golf Course

Set at Main Street and Bailey Avenue on Buffalo’s north side, Grover Cleveland Golf Course occupies the former grounds of the Country Club of Buffalo (1902–1925), where the 1912 U.S. Open was played. Today it operates as an Erie County public course of modest length (par-69; 5,621 yards from the back tees). Visitors find a compact, walkable layout bordered by the VA Medical Center and residential streets, a small clubhouse, and municipal-level amenities including a putting area and driving range. Conditioning varies with season, but the greens—several of which are attributed to Donald Ross’s 1917–1918 redesign—remain the course’s defining challenge. Public access is the rule; leagues centered on the on-site Buffalo Golf Club keep the tee sheet active while preserving daily-fee availability. The present routing preserves nine holes from the 1912 Open course and integrates later replacements where land was lost to federal acquisition in 1947. The par-3 17th, a Redan-influenced hole singled out by the county, is representative of the surviving Ross character.