Bethpage State Park: Black

Seventh on Golf Digest's 2025-'26 ranking of the best golf courses in New York and the first entry on that list labelled "Public" — the highest-ranked publicly accessible course in the state on that ranking at that edition. Also 7th on America's 100 Greatest Public and 38th on America's 100 Greatest for the same edition. A New York State park course run by the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation at 99 Quaker Meeting House Road, Farmingdale; 18 holes, 7,468 yards, slope 152, opened 1936, with Golf Digest crediting "Joseph H. Burbeck & A.W. Tillinghast/(R) Rees Jones" and the operator crediting A.W. Tillinghast alone. Host of the U.S. Open in 2002 and 2009, the PGA Championship in 2019 and the Ryder Cup in 2025, with the 2028 KPMG Women's PGA Championship and the 2033 PGA Championship to come. Walking only. Residency affects price and booking window, not admission: non-residents book five days ahead and pay $140.00 for 18 holes on weekdays and $160.00 at weekends and holidays on the operator's own 4/22/2026 fee sheet. Open 15 April to 15 November 2026, closed Mondays except holidays.