
Cazenovia Park Course
Cazenovia Park Golf Course

About this course
Cazenovia Park Golf Course occupies a municipal parkland site in Buffalo's South District, where it has served the community since the early twentieth century. The course was designed by Seymour Dunn, a Scottish-born professional who became a prominent figure in American golf during the sport's formative decades. Dunn, who worked as a teaching professional and club-maker in addition to his design work, brought practical sensibilities to his layouts, emphasizing playability and strategic interest within the constraints of available terrain. The routing makes use of the park's natural topography, with holes moving through mature tree-lined corridors and across gently rolling ground typical of western New York's glacially influenced landscape. As a municipal facility, Cazenovia Park has long provided accessible golf to Buffalo residents, maintaining the democratic tradition of parkland courses that emerged in American cities during the early 1900s. The design reflects the era's emphasis on straightforward golf that rewards sound shot-making without excessive length or artificial difficulty. The course operates within the broader Cazenovia Park complex, which includes other recreational amenities characteristic of urban park systems. Like many municipal courses of its vintage, it has undergone modifications over the decades to accommodate maintenance practices and evolving play patterns, though the essential character of Dunn's routing remains evident in the property's use of natural features and its integration with the surrounding parkland setting.
Quick facts
- Location
- Buffalo, NY, USA
- Access
- Public
- Year built
- 1920
- Designer
- Seymour Dunn
- Holes
- 9
- Par
- 36
- Length
- 3,124 yards
- Difficulty
- 35.1/110
Getting there
Cazenovia Park Golf Course sits within Buffalo's urban landscape, accessible most directly via Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF), roughly twenty minutes south of the course by car. Visitors arriving by air will find themselves in Western New York's primary commercial hub; the drive north into the city transitions quickly from airport corridors into Buffalo's tree-lined neighborhoods, with Cazenovia Park itself nestled in the residential heart of the city's East Side. For those traveling by road, the course lies just off Delaware Avenue, one of Buffalo's most graceful thoroughfares, lined with early twentieth-century architecture that frames the approach to this venerable municipal layout. The arrival at Cazenovia Park marks a step into one of America's oldest public golf traditions - a course that has anchored Buffalo's golfing culture since 1895.

FAQ
Common questions about Cazenovia Park
Ratings, design, and course details pulled from Course Vaults.
Cazenovia Park was designed by Seymour Dunn.
Yes. Cazenovia Park is listed as welcoming public or guest play on Course Vaults.
Par at Cazenovia Park is 36.
Cazenovia Park plays 3,124 yards from the back tees on Course Vaults.
The slope rating at Cazenovia Park is 110.
Cazenovia Park is a 9-hole course.



