The course rating is 75.4 and it has a slope rating of 144 on Rye grass. The same can be said for the 337-yard eighth, where proper angles and accuracy carry extra importance given its surprisingly tiny putting surface. After the par-3 seventh, Red rolls up its sleeves for a brawl. 100 YEARS OF TRADITION. The teebox subtly points you toward the left side, where water and a patch of trees are major obstacles. Long and left is major trouble. | Observations: Great Rock Golf Club's new 12th green », [This flyover was updated on July 20, 2017.]. WHERE TO GRAB A BITE AND A BEER:It's hard to make a case against staying put with a burger and a Sam Adams while looking out over the Black Course, but if there's an itch to go elsewhere, the downtown areas of Farmingdale and Bethpage each have plenty to offer. In many cases fairway bunkers are surrounded by the thick stuff (see right). Without clearly defined corridors, this section of the course offers up so much space you'll barely know what to do with it all. [This flyover was updated on August 12, 2019.] SEE ALSO: Closer Look: Stonebridge Golf Links #7 Closer Look: Stonebridge Golf Links #4. Share them with other Golf On Long Island readers by posting in the comments section below. And if there is one aspect of the course that is truly a miniature version of its Black Course counterpart, it is the downhill opener. To experience some of the famous hole designs built by early-1900s icons C.B. Two holes ahead, the surface is farther inside striking distance, for some, on the 279-yard 12th -- but given the trees, bunkers and a dramatically tiered green, it rarely pays to go for the glory. SEE ALSO: Happy 80th Birthday, Bethpage Black Observations: Bethpage - Black Course, 8/26/10 The Black Course at Bethpage State Park needs no introduction. HOLE(S) TO REMEMBER:At a complex where the vast majority of par-3s are situated over depressions and gullies (we see you, Blue Course), Red #4 stands out for its angled target, danger beside the green (not just short of it) and awesome scenery. As at least one course veteran has noted, despite its length, the Red Course can be brought down by short hitters who send the ball straight. If the wide, sunken trap in front of the surface discourages you, the alternate route is a short play to a front-right tongue of fairway (pictured left, a rare option on any Bethpage par-3). GOLI's Images of America: Long Island Golf -- BUY THE BOOK. AREA(S) TO AVOID: The two tiers of the 12th green are separated by a steep ridge that can be an asset or a major burden when the flag is in the middle of the green at the foot of the slope. Holes 8, 9 and 10 parallel each other and share clusters of strategically placed, irregularly shaped sand traps. Well, for one, the Red Course at Bethpage, considered by most to be the toughest of the park's non-Black tracks, offers a fearsome gang of long par-4s. The Golf Club at Middle Bay (fka South Bay CC), Shotgun outings at Wind Watch, Willow Creek on Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving-themed outings coming up at Cherry Creek, Pine Hills, Thanksgiving Day Scramble at Timber Point, Bethpage Black to close November 16, Red and Green to follow, Topgolf Long Island opening now expected for summer 2021, Great Rock sign confirms course is out of business, Street Names: The Ghosts of Long Island Golf's Past, Part 5 -- Riverhead Country Club, Fall aeration underway around Long Island, Fall aeration starts next week at Bethpage, « Long Island golf comes to your AM dial every Saturday with "On Par" on WGBB 1240, Observations: Great Rock Golf Club's new 12th green », For a brief period 80 years ago, Bethpage was just Blue, Green and Red, Chip Shot: Bethpage - Green Course, 1/9/2009, Golf On Long Island's "Nassau 18" -- Bethpage Green #10 and #18, "America's Linksland: A Century of Long Island Golf" -- by William Quirin. Both, however, offer a secluded feel that can't be found on the Red, Blue and Yellow courses. A bunker nestles right up against the front of the green on the par-3 17th, a familiar sight for any Bethpage veteran. #6 is the last breather of a par-4 for quite a while, as a series of grueling marches looms just ahead. It stresses strategy and accuracy, a potentially tall order after a stretch of holes forcing you to overcome pure distance. SEE ALSO: Observations: North Woodmere Park GC (7/3/2014). While instinct says to keep the ball in play and err right, your irons will try to convince you of the importance of finding the center of the fairway. Safer shots are directed toward the short-right fringe, a closer, unprotected target from which two-putt or up-and-down pars are reasonable expectations. [This flyover was updated on July 1, 2019.] While the back side of #4 would be a fantastic place to watch the final holes of a Bethpage Black U.S. Open, it's an awful place to miss on this one-shotter. Nine courses participating in Golfing Mag's 2020 "Free Golf" Program Bay Park, Merrick open for play All Long Island public golf courses open except two Nassau municipal courses It's back down the hill at #4, a picturesque 344-yard par-4. Tillinghast, the Black golf course opened in 1936. The course rating is 69.8 and it has a slope rating of 121 on Rye grass. There's a classic sports bar/grill (Croxley Ales); meatball-focused sports bar/grill (That Meatball Place); local brewery and tasting room (Lithology Brewing); and one of Long Island's best coffeehouses (Flux Coffee) -- all within about 100 feet of each other. The final piece of the parallel, fescue-riddled quartet in the course's flat and sandy center, #14 stretches long and left, sharing hazards inside its bend with #10. Tongues of fairway in front of the par-3 greens give shorter players a safe option over the ridges and away from traps. The downhill tee shot is just as dramatic, and a well-executed one to either side of the fairway leaves anything from an 8-iron to a wedge into the green. Bethpage Black has a finish remembered for two clubs — 6-iron and 9-iron — that Lucas Glover hit off the tee and onto the green when he won the 2009 U.S. Open. And by attempting to do so, you bring into play the left side of the green, where par attempts can go down the sidehill and up in smoke. Once atop the plateau, finish up on a small, slightly back-to-front green. The course rating is 69.8 and it has a slope rating of 121 on Rye grass. As noted in William Quirin's "America's Linksland," A.W. Find out where to hit your drive, how to avoid traps and determine the best angles of approach. Picnic areas , play grounds , indoor tennis courts ,miles of wooded bike paths that you can actually take to the ocean , a polo field , how many parks can say that , and the famous US Open Black Golf Course , along with the red , blue, green and yellow courses to play … Up ahead, the par-3 seventh appears as if #4's mirror image. Like many of its par-4s, the Red plays closer to a 4-1/2 -- in stars, not strokes -- according to Golf Digest's Places to Play ratings. Here, to get to the meat of the green, you'll have to go up and over a diagonal bunker that hugs the front-left corner of the surface. Its stadium green (first photo above) is strangled by bunkers, which ramps up the heroic nature of the final approach. HOLE(S) TO REMEMBER:On the Green Course, the playing areas are usually roomy and hazard-free off the tee, which makes it easy for players to get careless and hinder themselves with poor approach angles. Senior New York State residents weekday walk up rates is $28.00 only. Deep drives along the right side set up the best angle into a green bordered on three sides by sand. Six of the next eight holes are par-4s that measure 418, 466, 492, 462, 466 and 482 yards from the back tees. Its green, cut into the middle of the hillside that leads back up to the clubhouse, is defended by a dangerously deep bunker on the left and the uneven nature of the sloping terrain on the right. All rights reserved. Don't be lulled into carelessness though, because much of that open real estate between #8, #9 and #10 is riddled with traps and long, club-clutching fescue. View an interactive course map and hole-by-hole layout. Tillinghast beaut has muddied the faces of thousands upon thousands of long irons. With the exception of the sand complex on #13 and some frontside bunkers on the par-3s, there are no center-line hazards on the course, and there is no water. Like most holes on the Green Course, neither par-5 throws out any fairway obstacles. Tillinghast modified the course as part of his role as a consultant in the design of the park golf courses. Google Earth Fly-Over of Bethpage Blue Course Detailed Maps and Yardage Charts: https://www.provisualizer.com/courses/bethpageblue.php At 6,378 yards from the tips, Green is nearly 1,100 yards shorter than its brawnier neighbor. The Red Course opened with the original Blue Course in 1935 -- one year ahead of the Black. High handicap players will be surprised on the difficulty if playing for the first time. But patience is rewarded somewhat on the 16th, where Tillinghast hands players an elevated tee, a right-angle fairway and an opportunity to slice a 565-/535-yard par-5 in half with one sharp thwack. Any shot to the right will either be beached in a side trap or roll down the slope to the perimeter fence. If your hybrid and 4-iron are slumping come tee time, hopefully it's not too late to bail and play the Green or the Yellow instead. Designed by A.W. //

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