Westwood Country Club, CLOSED 2014

Detailed description of Westwood Country Club, CLOSED 2014

Westwood Country Club is a Private , 18 hole golf course located in Williamsville , New York

Westwood Country Club first opened for play in 1921.

Measuring 6,775 yards from the championship tees, the course plays to a par 72. Over sixty strategically placed bunkers, water on eight holes and hundreds of stately trees make for an enjoyable and challenging round of golf for players of all skill levels.

The course closed in 2014.

September 2015 update:

The town of Amherst, N.Y., is planning to make an offer on the 170-acre property, or part of it, to be used as parkland. Current owner Mensch Capital Partners wants to develop the property into a $238 million mixed-use community, but needs to clean up the site after environmental tests discovered traces of arsenic in soil samples.
The town of Amherst, N.Y., will make an offer for the Westwood Country Club property in Williamsville, N.Y., but is still “doing its homework” before deciding on a figure, the Buffalo (N.Y.) News reported.

Mensch Capital Partners currently owns the 170-acre site. When asked how much the town might be willing to pay for the property, Supervisor Barry A. Weinstein said: “Obviously, it’s not going to be very much. It’s contaminated.”

Mensch purchased Westwood in 2012 for $2.5 million and wants to develop the property into a $238 million mixed-use residential, commercial and retail community with housing options for 1,700 people. Mensch, however, needs to clean up the site, after environmental tests discovered traces of arsenic in soil samples from past use of pesticides, the News reported.