The Park Country Club

Park Country Club
Club information
Location	Williamsville, NY
Established	1903
Type	Private
Total holes	18
Tournaments hosted	1934 PGA Championship
Website	http://www.parkclub.org
Designed by	Colt & Alison (Course); Clifford C. Wendehack (Clubhouse)
Par	71
Length	6,507 yards (5,950 m)
Course rating	70.9
Slope rating	125

Last updated February 28, 2019

The Park Country Club of Buffalo, Inc. is a country club located in the Town of Amherst, just outside Williamsville, New York, a suburb of Buffalo, United States. The club was founded in 1903 in the City of Buffalo in what is now known as Delaware Park, but which was known simply as The Park at the time. The Park Club hosted the 1934 PGA Championship.

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Williamsville is a village in Erie County, New York, in the United States. The population was 5,300 at the 2010 census. The village is named after Jonas Williams, an early settler. It is part of the Buffalo–Niagara Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Facilities

Lounges and meeting rooms are available to the members and their guests, in addition to formal, informal, and patio dining and dancing. Other leisure facilities include tennis, volleyball, swimming and diving, and lawn bowling, as well as a golf course designed by Colt & Alison.

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Clubhouse

The club moved out of the city to its current location on Ellicott Creek in 1928. The current clubhouse was designed by noted architect Clifford C. Wendehack and was originally decorated by George Hoag of Prentiss & Company. The clubhouse is a built of "brick and stone of many varieties, French fossil and Jeanne d’Arc having been blended with Holland brick," according to contemporary newspaper reports. The clubhouse has since been expanded, including kitchen facilities and lounge and locker rooms, in consistent English Gothic and Tudor style.^[1]

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PGA Championship

In 1934 the golf course was the venue for the PGA Championship, one of professional golf's four major championships. The tournament was won by Paul Runyan, who defeated Craig Wood in the final at the second extra hole.^[2]

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References

↑ "The Park Country Club of Buffalo – Kitchen Expansion" (PDF). Hamilton, Houston, Lownie. Retrieved December 24, 2010.
↑ "Paul Runyan, 93, Winner Of 29 Events on PGA Tour". The New York Times . March 19, 2002. Retrieved December 24, 2010.

External links

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Coordinates: 42°58′39″N78°45′08″W / 42.97750°N 78.75222°W / 42.97750; -78.75222

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[1] "The Park Country Club of Buffalo – Kitchen Expansion" (PDF). Hamilton, Houston, Lownie. Retrieved December 24, 2010.

[2] "Paul Runyan, 93, Winner Of 29 Events on PGA Tour". The New York Times . March 19, 2002. Retrieved December 24, 2010.