The sign behind the first tee at Bethpage State Park’s Black Course warns that the major-championship layout is “extremely difficult” and recommended only for “highly skilled golfers.” ...

For fans who know Bethpage well ... While the feared Black Course is among the most daunting tests in major championship golf, the layout is nearly devoid of the usual streams, creeks, lakes ...

Nick Faldo dug in for his first look at Bethpage Black ahead of the 2002 U.S. Open. He managed his way around the brutal layout at 5-over-par for the week, good for a T-5 finish. The course didn't ...

There is no way to look at Bethpage Black without thinking “U.S. Open ... breeze kicked up for the afternoon wave and made the layout — in the estimation of local experts — about three ...

Bethpage Black, the brawny Long Island layout that has played host to two recent US Opens, will be the site of a Ryder Cup and a PGA Championship, Golfweek has learned. The 2024 Ryder Cup and the ...

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. -- At the 2009 U.S. Open at Bethpage Black, the par-4 ... overshadowing the intricacies of a layout that is very straightforward. "Everything about it is just big," said Zach ...

Since then, three Open courses were longer and only Torrey Pines, which played last year at 7,643, will be longer than this year’s layout. Bethpage Black will have three of the longest par 4s in ...