Bethpage (Black)
Farmingdale, NY
- Address
- 99 Quaker Meeting House Rd., Farmingdale, NY 11735, USA
- Phone
- 516-249-4040
- URL
- bethpagegolfcourse.com
- Founded
- A.W. Tillinghast, 1935
The Black intimidates golfers with a sign at the 1st tee that recommends the course “only for highly skilled golfers.” Among them? Tiger Woods, who won the 2002 “People’s Open,” as that U.S. Open came to be known. Woods was the only golfer to break par for 72 holes, owing to rugged, uphill par-4s, massive bunkers and the wrist-fracturing rough found on this Rees Jones-restored A.W. Tillinghast layout. The Black is one of the great routings, highlighted by the masterful way Tillinghast placed the fairways and greens from the 2nd hole in a valley all the way through the dogleg left 9th. The par-5 4th and its iconic cross-bunkering is a world-beater. (Photo: Getty Images)
