The Bethpage Black Course is a public golf course on Long Island, New York. It is the most difficult of the five courses at Bethpage State Park.
Located in suburban Long Island in close proximity to New York City, Bethpage is a mecca for public golf featuring five 18-hole regulation golf courses, including the world-renowned Bethpage Black .
Bethpage Black opened in 1936, designed by noted golf architect A.W. Tillinghast, who also designed its Blue and Red Courses which also opened in the mid-1930s.
63 – Brooks Koepka (2019) The Bethpage Black Course is a public golf course at Bethpage State Park on Long Island, New York. Opened in 1936, it was designed by Bethpage State Park superintendent Joseph H. Burbeck, who was also responsible for the park's Blue and Red Courses in the mid-1930s.
Just $75 to play a championship golf course on a weekend morning has to be the greatest deal in golf. And unlike Torrey Pines and Chambers Bay, where out-of-towners pay $240 and $275, respectively, or three times what locals pay, non-resident rates at Bethpage Black cost just $150.
100 YEARS OF TRADITION Located in suburban Long Island in close proximity to New York City, Bethpage is a mecca for public golf featuring five 18-hole regulation golf courses, including the world-renowned Bethpage Black .
Bethpage Black Rates, Greens Fees, Costs The NYS resident weekday rate for 18 holes is $65. Or, you can play a twilight round for just $39. Those prices rise on the weekend but not by all that much. Weekend rates for New Yorkers are $75 for 18 ($45 for twilight).
fiveBethpage State Park, a mecca for public golf featuring five 18-hole regulation golf courses including the world-renowned Black Course which was the site of the United States Open in 2002 and 2009, the Barclays in 2012 and 2016, the PGA Championship in 2019, and will host the Ryder Cup in 2025.
$575Pebble Beach green fees for a standard round are a whopping $550 per person and will increase to $575 on April 1, 2020. In addition to that initial price, it costs $45 per person to use a cart. If you choose to go the caddie route and walk, which is recommended, the caddie fee will run you another $95 per bag.
To book, simply go to the parks and rec website. Select the facility you want to play and then sign up and log in for an account and pick your tee time. There is no booking fee. Green fees for non-residents are $130 weekdays and $150 on weekends.
We had to rent clubs - was $40 for a standard set of Adams, and $80 for a premium set of brand new top-of-the-line TaylorMades. The clubhouse is super old and makes you feel like you walked back 80 years into time. The pro shop is well stocked and full of souvenirs.
The Black Course at Bethpage State Park is an extremely difficult course, recommended only for highly skilled golfers. The public course is strong enough to have hosted the U.S. Open twice and now gets a PGA Championship. In short, Bethpage Black is a beast — all 17 holes of it.
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With approximately 15,000 golf courses of all different types and sizes in the United States, the Black Course at Bethpage State Park has consistently ranked among the top 100 Greatest Golf Courses in America per Golf Digest for nearly twenty years (highest rank #26).
The Green and Yellow courses are considered the two easiest tracks at Bethpage and best set up for the casual golfer. Green fees for the Blue, Green, and Yellow courses range from $23-43, which is much cheaper than the park's two premier tracks.
For those hoping to play some golf in the Long Island area but unsure if they are up to the challenge presented by Bethpage Black, never fear! Bethpage State Park features an impressive five courses of 18 holes each — Green, Blue, Yellow, Red, and Black, with Black being the most difficult of the five.
The Black Course was designed by A.W Tillinghast, one of the most prolific golf architects of all time. Give us your top 5 Tillinghast courses.
Tee-to-green at Bethpage Black is quite demanding, yet once on the dance floor, the putting surfaces aren’t nearly as challenging.
That posted sign behind the 1st tee had gained national attention at the 2002 U.S. Open, when Bethpage Black became the first public course to play host to the US Open. After the US Open that year, many amateurs, such as myself, succumbed to the belief that we too can play this course successfully.
The Par 3, third hole is a demanding, all carry shot that is bunker-ed right and left, with long and deep traps and long, short, right or left over the bunkers is dead. When David Fay reached the par 5 fourth hole, as Feinstein recounts is when he knew The Black should hold host to a US OPEN.
The fourteenth hole, a 400 yars, split fairway is a favorite of mine and eighteen hole plays more difficult than The Black's eighteenth hole. When The Black was granted the 2002 US Open, the USGA gifted Bethpage with many furnishings.
Bethpage State Park was developed from an estate owned by the Yoakum family and other properties.
The Blue Course was one of the three courses designed by Tillinghast. In 1960, it was redesigned by Alfred Tull to provide room for the Yellow Course. The front nine are considered very challenging, with an easier back nine to finish a round of golf. Some of the slopes are fairly steep. Profile. Scorecard.
The Yellow Course was opened for play in 1958. The Yellow, with a few steep slopes, is considered by many... The Blue Course was one of the three courses designed by Tillinghast. In 1960, it was redesigned by Alfred Tull to provide room for the Yellow Course.