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{{Short description|Country club in Town of Amherst, New York}}

'''The Park Country Club of Buffalo, Inc.''' is a [[country club]] located in [[Williamsville, New York]], a [[suburb]] of [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]], [[USA]]. 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.

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[[Image:ParkClub2.gif|frame|right|The clubhouse at the Park Club.]]

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|___location = [[Williamsville, New York|Williamsville, NY]]

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The|tournaments Park Club hosted the= [[1934 [[PGA Championship]].

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|designer1 = [[Colt, Alison & Morrison Ltd|Colt & Alison]] (Course)<br>[[Clifford C. Wendehack]] (Clubhouse)

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

==Clubhouse==

The club moved out of the city to its current ___location on [[Ellicott Creek]] in [[1928]]. The current clubhouse was designed by [[architect]] [[Clifford C. Wendehack]], who also designed the clubhouse at [[Winged Foot]], and was decorated by George Hoag of Prentiss and Company. The clubhouse is a built of "[[brick]] and [[stone]] of many varieties, French fossil and [[Joan of Arc|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 [[Gothic_architecture|English Gothic]] and [[Tudor_Style_architecture|Tudor]] style.

[[Image:ParkClub3.gif|frame|right|A view of the Park golf course over Ellicott Creek.]]

==Facilities==

TheLounges cluband 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]], [[Human swimming|swimming]] and [[Diving (sport)|diving]], and [[lawn bowling]], as well as a [[golf course]] designed by [[Harry Colt|Colt]] and& [[Charles Hugh AllisonAlison|Alison]].

==Clubhouse==

The Park Club hosted the 1934 [[PGA Championship]].

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]], who also designed the clubhouse at [[Winged Foot]], and was originally decorated by George Hoag of Prentiss and& Company. The clubhouse is a built of "[[brick]] and [[Rock (geology)|stone]] of many varieties, [[France|French]] [[fossil]] and [[Joan of Arc|Jeanne d’Arc]] having been blended with [[Dutch brick|Holland]] brick]]," according to contemporary [[newspaper]] reports. The clubhouse has since been expanded, including [[kitchen]] facilities and [[wiktionary:Lounge|lounge]] and locker rooms, in consistent [[Gothic_architectureGothic architecture|English Gothic]] and [[Tudor_Style_architectureTudor Style architecture|Tudor]] style.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hhlarchitects.com/projects/PDFs/pcc.pdf |title=The Park Country Club of Buffalo &ndash; Kitchen Expansion |work=Hamilton, Houston, Lownie |accessdate=December 24, 2010}}</ref>

==PGA Championship==

In 1934 the golf course was the venue for the [[PGA Championship]], one of professional golf's four [[men's major golf championships|major championships]]. The tournament was won by [[Paul Runyan]], who defeated [[Craig Wood (golfer)|Craig Wood]] in the final at the second extra hole.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/19/sports/paul-runyan-93-winner-of-29-events-on-pga-tour.html |title=Paul Runyan, 93, Winner Of 29 Events on PGA Tour |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=March 19, 2002 |accessdate=December 24, 2010}}</ref>

==References==

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==External links==

*[{{official website|http://www.parkclub.org/ The Park Club Official Site]}}

*Golf Guide entry for the Park golf course [http://www.golfguideweb.com/newyork/williamsville/bagih.html]

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