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Bob-O-Link Course

Bob-O-Link Golf Club

Orchard Park, NY, USA
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Grady
Rrr
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18 holesPar 542,315 yds57.1/108

About this course

Bob-O-Link Golf Club sits in Orchard Park, a suburb south of Buffalo in western New York. The course was designed by Donald Ross and opened in 1929, representing one of the architect's works in the region during the latter part of his prolific career. The layout occupies rolling terrain characteristic of the area, with mature tree-lined fairways and elevation changes that add strategic interest to the routing. The course reflects Ross's design principles from this period, featuring crowned greens with subtle contours, strategic bunkering that rewards thoughtful placement, and holes that require players to consider angles of approach rather than simply distance. The property's natural topography allows for varied hole designs, with doglegs and elevation shifts creating different playing characteristics throughout the round. Several holes incorporate the terrain's natural movement to create risk-reward decisions off the tee and into greens. Bob-O-Link operates as a private club and has served the Buffalo area's golfing community for nearly a century. The club maintains its traditional character while preserving the essential features of Ross's design. The course provides a representative example of Ross's work during the golden age of American golf course architecture, offering members a layout that emphasizes strategic play and course management over pure length. The setting in Orchard Park places it within a region that includes several other historic courses from the same era of design.

Quick facts

Location
Orchard Park, NY, USA
Access
Public
Year built
1965
Holes
18
Par
54
Length
2,315 yards
Difficulty
57.1/108

Getting there

Bob-O-Link Golf Club sits in the rolling countryside south of Buffalo, most readily accessed via Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF), roughly thirty minutes north by car through the suburban fringe before the landscape opens into the pastoral farmland and wooded terrain of Orchard Park. Private aviation traffic typically favors nearby Genesee County Airport or the more distant but well-appointed facilities around Rochester, though the club's proximity to Buffalo makes commercial arrival entirely practical for most members and guests. The drive south from the city carries you through a gradual transition from urban sprawl into the quiet, tree-lined roads of western New York's horse country, where manicured estates and open meadows signal your arrival at one of America's most storied and deliberately private clubs. Bob-O-Link's gates appear almost unmarked along the rural roadside - a fitting introduction to a membership that has guarded its traditions and exclusivity since 1908.

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Yes. Bob-O-Link is listed as welcoming public or guest play on Course Vaults.

Par at Bob-O-Link is 54.

Bob-O-Link plays 2,315 yards from the back tees on Course Vaults.

The slope rating at Bob-O-Link is 108.

Bob-O-Link is a 18-hole course.

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