In the early 1920s, a small, but
prominent and influential group of businessmen from
Batavia
and
LeRoy,
NY, took the first major step towards
fulfilling their vision of a first class country club for
Genesee
County
. After careful
consideration, they acquired several acres of rolling farmland bordering Black
Creek in the small hamlet of
Stafford, deemed ideal for a first-rate 18
hole golf course. In short order,
they brought the esteemed golf course designer, Walter J. Travis, to inspect
the site, and commissioned him to design a course "second to none".
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