Legendary golf architect Donald Ross displayed his creative genius when he designed the golf course, positioned on the Onondaga escarpment, running around and through a limestone quarry. Six of the holes – 5, 6, 7, 11, 12 and 13 – incorporate the unique beauty of the limestone. Holes 13, 17 and 18 are on the lower level below the escarpment. This arrangement actually provides the Country Club of Buffalo with two signature holes – the sixth, a par three located in the midst of an old quarry that in years past provided stone for many construction projects, and the 18th, which sits below a massive natural rock garden, with beautiful plantings leading up to the clubhouse.