Bethpage Black is not only one of the best and most demanding golf courses in the world, it's public. One of the rare public tracks that has what it takes to host golf's best.

No. 3: Par 3, 230 yards. An aerial of the 3rd hole at the Bethpage Black golf course. Credit: Jeffrey BasingerThe green is shallow and angled from front right to back left.

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — When Frank Sinatra crooned about waking up in a city that never sleeps, he must have been in the parking lot at Bethpage State Park around 4 a.m., waiting for a tee time ...

Bethpage Black is getting all the attention this week for the 101st PGA Championship, as it so rightfully deserves for being one of the most difficult and well-known public courses around.. But ...

Gary Woodland will be part of his first Ryder Cup in September - two years after undergoing brain surgery - as one of the ...

At Bethpage's Black Course, where Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson will arrive on June 13, the superstars step in the cleat marks of guys such as Sulzberger -- hackers who spend hours waiting for ...

Location: The Black is one of five 18-hole courses at Bethpage State Park in Farmingdale, the largest public golf facility in the country. Length: 7,432 yards Grass: Ryegrass (tees, fairways ...

Bethpage State Park is home to the golf world's most famous bargain (the Black), but an even more interesting course hides out in the open. The post Why Bethpage is American golf’s best value ...

Bethpage’s five courses, including the renowned Black, are the newest additions to the Youth on Course organization’s participating course roster, which now includes more than 1,200 of the ...

Play at Bethpage boomed and by the early 1950s it was obvious there was a need for a fifth course. On July 5, 1954, a single-day record 1,619 rounds were played across the four courses.