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Double Black Diamond at Holiday Valley Resort is an 18-hole golf course in Ellicottville, New York.

Designed by Paul Albanese/Ferdinand Garbin. It plays 6,493 yards from the Double Black tees, rated 72.8/130 (checked 2026-08-21).

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18
holes
70
par
6,493
yards (tips)
130
slope (double black)
The shape of the round · Double Black teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — DOUBLE BLACK TEES394351400423202491374404150171365187446548220458480429142434445365748493103114123134145153164175184PAROUT 3,189 YDSIN 3,304 YDSFIRST NINESECOND NINE
The published card in playing order, 18 holes with the two nines split — hole number under each bar, its par below that.

The course

designer
Paul Albanese/Ferdinand Garbin reported
address
Holiday Valley Road, Ellicottville, NY, 14731
phone
716-699-2345
elevation
1,602 ft derived
opened
1964
on site
restaurant · lessons

42.26275, -78.66985 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 16 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

183 traced features across 8 layers for Double Black Diamond at Holiday Valley Resort, drawn over NAIP 2019 aerial imagery.

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183 traced features across 8 layers for Double Black Diamond at Holiday Valley Resort, drawn over NAIP 2019 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

18
Holes
31
Fairways
35
Bunkers
8
Water
18
Greens
54
Tee pads
6,493yds
Double Black tees
548yds
Longest hole
150yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2019-08-20 – 2019-10-05

Tees & ratings

Ratingsreported, not from the clubchecked 2026-08-21

All 6 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 6 rows.

Double BlackM70649372.813031893304
BlackM70606570.712530173048
Blue SquareM70560367.0115
Blue70550327242779
GreenF70473263.111223422390
Forward70403019032127

Every figure as published; a blank cell is one nobody publishes. Front 9 and Back 9 are summed from the per-hole yardages on the scorecard.

Scorecard

Scorecardreported, not from the clubchecked 2026-08-21

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 444435443343453454 70
Double Black 394351400423202491374404150171365187446548220458480429 6,493
Black 380342367384189474363378140150346165395507200419459407 6,065
Blue 312317323368158434322363127137327150376484174396398337 5,503
Green 295275292280140343263339115104292124317395131363365299 4,732
Forward 2352302451901353432152605080210124260305131363355299 4,030
Handicap 119131315751718216121014468

No per-hole yardages are published for Blue Square, so it is not on the card above.

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Double Black Diamond at Holiday Valley Resort hole by hole, for your game.

Ask in plain words. The Studio draws each hole on the aerial photo, picks a club for each shot from your carries and the way you miss, and shows where a miss costs you strokes. Where a green was surveyed, it reads the slope too.

  • The approach, planned A Studio approach map on the aerial photo: a lob wedge aimed at the island green, its spread drawn as a dashed ring over the water, and the side it most often misses. Example from another course: hole 15, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • The green, from LiDAR A Studio green view on the aerial photo: arrows for the slope a LiDAR survey measured, the area a cup could be cut, and the safer side to miss. Example from another course: hole 15, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • Every shot, tee to green A Studio plan on the aerial photo of a desert par 4: the driver off the tee and a 7-iron into the green between the bunkers, each shot with its landing spread drawn as a dashed ring. Example from another course: hole 2, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale

Plan this course in the Studio

Pictures: Studio output for a sample golfer, drawn 2026-10-15. The Studio needs a free account. AI can make mistakes.

© OpenStreetMap contributors

Book a tee time

Rates change by day and by season, so we send you to Double Black Diamond at Holiday Valley Resort's own booking page rather than quoting a figure that was true the week we captured it.

Check tee times and rates

Also bookable nearby: Elkdale Country Club (5.9 mi) · Ischua Valley Country Club (13 mi) · Birch Run Golf Course (14 mi) · St Bonaventure Golf Club (16 mi)

Measured against comparable courses

How hard and how long this course plays against comparable courses — never how good it is.

FigureThis courseIn New YorkNationwideAmong its peers
Longest6,493 yds318th of 796=6,131st of 12,02528th of 61 in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Olean, NY combined area · =6,079th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 130=193rd of 516=3,777th of 8,710=9th of 50 in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Olean, NY combined area · =3,684th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 72.8=140th of 454=2,937th of 7,615=16th of 43 in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Olean, NY combined area · =2,912th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread2,463 yds between tees12th of 753=798th of 11,5232nd of 58 in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Olean, NY combined area · =780th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1964=335th of 570=3,542nd of 9,368=28th of 53 in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Olean, NY combined area · =2,510th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level1,602 ft derived =33rd of 817=1,523rd of 12,4372nd of 65 in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Olean, NY combined area · =1,084th of 9,106 18-hole regulation courses

A published figure is compared only against the courses that publish it too, which is why the totals differ from row to row — a state's length field is the courses with a scorecard, not the courses in the state. Height above sea level is the exception: we derive it from a coordinate, so its field is very nearly every course we render. Ties share an ordinal and are marked =. How this is computed →

What's on this page

In progress4 of 6 built

4 of 6 parts of this course page are built, and we're filling in the rest.

  • Scorecard, built.Par and yardage for every hole, from 5 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 4 sets of tees.
  • Course map, built.All 18 greens drawn, with the fairways, bunkers and water, over aerial imagery.
  • Per-hole distances, built.Every hole is traced, so carries and distances to the front, middle and back of each green are measured along the line you actually play.
  • Green contours, not built yet.We haven't built the green contours for this course yet.
  • Course details, partly built.5 of 7 background details — we don't hold whether it is public or private and the grass on the greens.

The site is in beta and the database is still being built, so expect gaps. Know something we don't? Help us fill it in — a link to where it's published is worth more than anything else you could send.

Sources

Gathered from the course's own site and public records — every figure on this page is traceable to who published it and when. Spot an error or a gap? Tell us.

Location and identity seeded from OpenStreetMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Last checked 2026-08-21. Where each figure came from is stated beside it, above.

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Nearby courses

Elkdale Country Club

5.9 mi · Salamanca · semi-private · 18 holes

Ischua Valley Country Club

13 mi · Franklinville · public · 9 holes

Birch Run Golf Course

14 mi · Allegany · public · 9 holes

Springville Country Club

15 mi · Springville · private · 18 holes

St Bonaventure Golf Club

16 mi · St. Bonaventure · public · 9 holes

Cardinal Hills Golf Course

17 mi · Randolph · public · 18 holes

Bartlett Country Club

17 mi · Olean · private · 18 holes

Concord Crest Golf Course

20 mi · East Concord · public · 18 holes

Straight-line distance from this course's coordinates, within 60 miles — not driving distance, and it crosses state lines where the nearest courses are over one.

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