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Bethpage Black Course is a public golf course at Bethpage State Park on Long Island, New York. The 18-hole course features 7,065 yards for a par of 71 and opened in 1936. The course was designed by Joseph H. Burbeck, who was assisted by golf architect A. W. Tillinghast. It is the most difficult of Bethpage's five courses, and has a famous warning sign at the first tee placed in the early 1980s, which reads "WARNING The Black Course Is An Extremely Difficult Course Which We Recommend Only For Highly Skilled Golfers".

The course demands precise shot-shaping off the tee with diagonal hazards and narrowing fairways, while greens are generally elevated with deep bunkers guarding them. The signature hole is the 4th hole, a 517-yard par 5 with trees framing the fairway, featuring criss-crossing bunkers and playing uphill on a double dogleg. Notable par 3s include the 8th hole at 210 yards with a pond guarding the green, and the 17th hole at 207 yards, the most bunkered green on the course.

The course has hosted the 2002 U.S. Open, 2009 U.S. Open, 2019 PGA Championship, and 2025 Ryder Cup. Designed in the mid-1930s to be "the public Pine Valley," it became the darling of the USGA in the early 2000s, the PGA Tour as host of the 2011 and 2016 Barclays, and is now embraced by the PGA of America.