Grover Cleveland Course

Grover Cleveland Golf Course is a rare surviving public descendant of an early U. S. Open venue. The Country Club of Buffalo used the site from 1902 to 1925, then relocated while the old property became a municipal course.

Member Ganson Depew laid out the course. Walter Travis advised on improvements before the 1912 U. S. Open, and Donald Ross redesigned it in 1917-18. After the club moved, the city preserved the site as Grover Cleveland Park; Erie County later assumed control.

Nine holes from the 1912 course remain. Ross-influenced green complexes, restored fescue definition and a Redan-style seventeenth give the current short course architectural interest. The profile must explain later replacement holes rather than presenting the modern routing as entirely unchanged.

The 5,621-yard par-69 course is public and bookable through Erie County. It offers an unusually accessible opportunity to play part of a historic U. S. Open site.

Few major-championship venues combine surviving original holes, municipal access and such a clear chain of design influence from Depew, Travis and Ross.

U.S. Open — 1912 John J. McDermott vainqueur de l’U.S. Open 1912; neuf trous de la configuration historique subsistent.