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Bethpage State Park is located in suburban Long Island in close proximity to New York City and features five 18-hole regulation golf courses, including the world-renowned Bethpage Black. The five courses are the Black course (par-71, 7468 yards from back tees), Red course (par-70, 7092 yards), Blue course (par-72, 6678 yards), Green course (par-71, 6378 yards), and Yellow course (par-71, 6324 yards). Famed golf course architect A.W. Tillinghast designed three new golf courses (Black, Red and Blue) and modified the Lenox Hills Course which became the Green Course, while the Yellow Course was designed by Alfred Tull and opened in 1958.

The Black Course is the most difficult of Bethpage's five courses and has a famous warning sign at the first tee which reads "WARNING The Black Course Is An Extremely Difficult Course Which We Recommend Only For Highly Skilled Golfers." The Red Course is considered by most to be the toughest of the park's non-Black tracks and features long par-4s and dogleg holes. The Blue course calls for a series of blind shots to hidden landing areas and elevated greens on the front nine, which gives way to a flatter, shorter, and easier back nine. The Yellow Course is considered by many to be the easiest of the five courses.

The Black Course hosted the United States Open in 2002 and 2009, the Barclays in 2012 and 2016, the PGA Championship in 2019, and the Ryder Cup in 2025, and will also host the 2028 KPMG Women's PGA Championship and the PGA Championship in 2033. Bethpage being selected in 2002 as the first publicly owned and operated golf course to host the U.S. Open was seen as an egalitarian move by the USGA.