Senior architecture editor Ron Whitten goes hole-by-hole on this sweeping flyover of the Black course at Bethpage.
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Every Hole at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, New York | Golf Digest
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@GOLF DIGEST Why do so many of your videos have that unnecessary and annoying background music? It's a pity
Tiger's too old to win this beast! One of the young guys with the best drive accuracy.
Rees is not the guy who should be making changes. Please: get Doak on the phone
Brodie smith brought me here.
I was physically and mentally fatigued after playing this monster.
More of these vids pleeeeease!!
I'm a bogey golfer and I think standing on 17 looking at the green I'd just write down 12 then move on to the last hole. Course looks amazing, though.
This course design is so aggressive. You must think before you hit your shot. Have you ever lose ball in a golf course to a point where you have only one ball to play. Do you know that feeling; “don’t make a stupid decision of losing the last ball”? I feel like this course will do the same to me.
I think they mind over do it with the bunkers. That is just a little bit much don’t y’all think? 🤔😀
My greatest accomplishment in golf: I played this course and did NOT lose a ball!!! (Don't ask what I scored. Not important. Irrelevant. Who cares about scores?)
By the way, the "Red' is no picnic.
No thanks BLACK!
Yellow is my speed, and BLUE and RED are very challenging.
I played it a few years ago, well, most of it, we ran out of daylight after 14. It helps to be in good shape, even with caddies we were all pretty tired even without having to climb up 15 (it's walking only, caddies or pull carts allowed). As a mid-teen handicap I was just hoping for a few pars, I managed that on 1, 6, and 14.
Bethpage is one of the best golf courses for a major championship. It has everything you want and need: classic design, difficult, and has plenty of room for spectators. Let’s hope we continue to see Bethpage for years to come in either the US Open or PGA Championship. It’ll be interesting how they set it up when they have the Ryder Cup there.
I live 7 minutes away and play Black twice a summer. It is so physically demanding to walk. It is a spectacular course.
I've played it. All I can say is that no matter what you have heard, its much more difficult than you think it is going to be. Sam Snead supposedly walked off in disgust claiming it was not a fair test of a golfers ability.
I’ve always wanted to play the Black Course
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I’m handicap 8, anyone around 8 that played there?
The best public course in NY state hands down.
i birdied 7 but made a whole lot of bogeys. brutal
First time playing it on Weds and all I can say is wow, what a brutal track. Forget it if your driver isn't on, the rough is extreme and it wasn't even that long, as dense and heavy as I've ever played. You Thebrilliancecomparedthethat are difficult to see, can't tell you how many putts I just missed because of a unseen subtle break.theycouldn't.
This is the best course overview video I've ever seen. Everything's perfectly labelled w/yardages, the cadence of the music and the editing on the cinematography was perfect. Seriously good stuff guys, ya'll should have these for every major championship.
You can ony walk it. No electric carts and probably the only course in america without cart paths. It adds to the difficulty for those used to carts. Roughs are actually deeper when there is no tournament. Less upkeep, no need to cut it regularly.
My pitch landed between the greenside bunker and the green. Never found it. It’s probably still there.
I love walking the Black Course and carrying my own bag
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Best course I've ever played, if u ever get the opportunity you gotta play