Farmingdale, NY
Bethpage State Park
In the early 1930s, the Bethpage Park Authority bought Lenox Hills Country Club and neighboring properties. The acquisition became the basis of a public park with an unusually large concentration of golf courses.1
- Location
- Farmingdale, NY
- Courses
- 6 courses
- Club website
- Visit website
Public golf grows from Lenox Hills
Demand continued to expand. The Yellow Course opened in 1958, bringing the complex to five eighteen-hole courses, each identified by a color.1
Courses
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Championships
Results and dates 3 editions
U.S. Open
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Tiger Woods
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Lucas Glover
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PGA Championship
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Brooks Koepka
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Sources and editorial notes5 references
Sources for this story
- Bethpage State Park Golf Courses New York State Parks
History and course description.
Consulted 2026-09-21
Record sources
- 2026 PGA Championship Media Guide The official Media Guide directly enumerates the 101st playing, champion, site, and its year-page date span. The recorded venue and champion preserve the official PGA Championship History entry’s published text.
- PGA Championship host record The 2019 PGA record names Bethpage State Park, Black Course. The canonical Club name and state match the dated PGA host record. The dated PGA venue explicitly identifies the Black layout. Host and competition dates: www.pgachampionship.com
- 2026 USGA Championships Media Guide - U.S. Open The official 2026 USGA Championship Record Book directly enumerates the completed 2009 Championship, champion, explicit date span, and site in Championship Results: 1895 to 2025. The recorded champion and site preserve the higher-resolution register text. The current official U.S. Open Champions table independently confirms the year, champion, and site.
- USGA championship host record Dated USGA host wording Bethpage State Park (Black Course), Farmingdale, N.Y. is explicitly reconciled to Bethpage State Park in Farmingdale, NY. The dated Black Course qualifier resolves to the existing Black Course owned by this Club. Host and competition dates: www.usga.org