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Weather Caddy Est. 2026
Bethpage State Park Golf Courses № 40749·07345
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PlayabilityIndex · 0—100

Farmingdale, New York

Bethpage Black

Reference outlook 6a — light wind, firm surfaces. 71 · 7,465 yds · Annual Bluegrass surfaces.

Prime

Hand-colored botanical study of white oak, scarlet oak, pitch pine, flowering dogwood, creeping bentgrass, and fine fescue
Long Island oak–pine field · hand-colored study

A.W. Tillinghast with park superintendent Joseph H. Burbeck, 1936 · restored Rees Jones & Greg Muirhead, 1998 and 2008

The Round Field Guide · live forecast

A little foresight. A better round.

Bethpage Black

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The round, hour by hour

● Prime◐ Caution◆ Rough go✕ Hold
02550751006a — 98, Prime: light wind, firm surfaces7a — 87, Prime: light wind, firm surfaces8a — 80, Prime: light wind, firm surfaces9a — 80, Prime: light wind, firm surfaces10a — 63, Caution: crosswind on the exposed holes11a — 68, Caution: crosswind on the exposed holes12p — 64, Caution: crosswind on the exposed holes1p — 64, Caution: crosswind on the exposed holes2p — 54, Caution: crosswind on the exposed holes3p — 64, Caution: crosswind on the exposed holes4p — 64, Caution: crosswind on the exposed holes5p — 53, Caution: crosswind on the exposed holes6p — 56, Caution: crosswind on the exposed holes7p — 56, Caution: crosswind on the exposed holes 6a9aCAUTION12p3p6p PLAYABILITY INDEX 0–100 · LOCAL TIME
SUSTAINED WIND · MPH6a — 6 mph WSW, gusts 147a — 12 mph SW, gusts 208a — 13 mph NW, gusts 179a — 15 mph W, gusts 2310a — 20 mph W, gusts 2711a — 18 mph NNW, gusts 2412p — 21 mph NW, gusts 281p — 20 mph WSW, gusts 272p — 23 mph WSW, gusts 283p — 19 mph W, gusts 304p — 18 mph NNW, gusts 235p — 19 mph NNW, gusts 276p — 15 mph W, gusts 227p — 13 mph SW, gusts 196WSW15W21NW19W15W
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The Caddy’s Book · Bethpage Black

Clubs and tees, read with the weather

REFERENCE WINDOW 6A · 6 MPH

Player’s measureAdjust the folio

Crosswind at 6 mph. Start it into the wind and keep the finish balanced.

Approach registerStock carries
FlagPlaysClubCarry
165 yd165 yd6-iron165 yd
195 yd195 yd4-hybrid195 yd
225 yd225 yd3-wood225 yd

Cool-season Poa, rye, and bentgrass · favor full carry into the elevated, front-bunkered greens; useful run-up entrances are rare.
Heaving corridors, narrow landing areas, high rough, enormous sculpted bunkers, and small elevated greens make position off the tee the price of an attainable approach.

Weather.city supplies live wind speed and true direction. Choose into, across, or helping for each shot until course-routing bearings are connected for automatic hole-relative wind.

Choose the ground

Four tee bands

With 230 yards of driver carry, start near Middle · 6,270 yd.

I

Championship

7,465yards · par 71 Driver carry 265+ Available
II

Back

6,870yards · par 71 Driver carry 235–264 Available
III

Middle

6,270yards · par 71 Driver carry 205–234 Caddy’s mark
IV

Forward

5,600yards · par 71 Driver carry Under 205 Available

Starting guidance, not a rule: driver carry × 28 is matched to the nearest Weather Caddy yardage band. Confirm the course’s current markers, routing, and local tee policy before play.

The grounds

6 PLATES · SEED bethpage-black|40.749,-73.446

The four woody specimens are documented within Bethpage State Park’s oak-pine woodland; the two grasses represent the Black Course’s documented cool-season playing surfaces. Property evidence is not presented as a hole-by-hole planting survey.

The slow game · a personal field notebook

Collect a moment, not just a score.

Notice a leaf, a changing breeze, the sound of the rough. Mark the plants you spot below and leave a note from your walk.

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Engraved botanical plate: White Oak (Quercus alba)
Rounded lobes, immense limbs; the tree that defines a classic parkland hole.
Engraved botanical plate: Scarlet Oak (Quercus coccinea)
A dry-ridge oak with deeply cut, bristle-tipped leaves that turn brilliant scarlet in autumn.
Engraved botanical plate: Pitch Pine (Pinus rigida)
A fire-adapted, three-needle pine of Long Island’s sandy oak-pine barrens.
Engraved botanical plate: Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)
Four notched bracts open at the exact week the Masters is played.
Engraved botanical plate: Creeping Bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera)
Green surface of choice in cool seasons; dew and disease pressure drive the maintenance window.
Engraved botanical plate: Fine Fescue (Festuca rubra)
The firm, fast, low-input surface links golf is built on.

Plate research

Source ledger

9 ATTRIBUTED RECORDS

Course facts, playing surfaces, architecture, and botanical scope are retained with their source trail so this finished plate can be revised without losing provenance.

  1. New York State Parks — Bethpage State Park Golf CoursesCurrent 2026 operating season, public ownership, Farmingdale address, five-course complex, Tillinghast commission, and championship history.
  2. New York State Parks — Bethpage Black course detailsOperator-published public championship card of par 71, 7,465 yards, rating 77.5 and slope 155; walking-only policy and narrow-fairway, high-rough, bunker and small-green character.
  3. Official Ryder Cup — Bethpage Black course flyover1936 opening, design credit to A.W. Tillinghast and Joseph Burbeck, hole-by-hole elevation and strategic character, and the distinct 2025 match-play setup at par 70 and 7,352 yards.
  4. Rees Jones, Inc. — Bethpage State Park BlackPrimary design-firm record of Rees Jones and Greg Muirhead's 1998 and 2008 restoration work, plus later event improvements.
  5. PGA TOUR — Bethpage Black agronomyPoa annua and ryegrass tees/fairways, Poa annua and bentgrass greens, fescue, bunker acreage, and the near absence of water hazards.
  6. Golf Course Industry — Bethpage Black ready for U.S. OpenCourse-specific documentation of fine fescue in the 2009 championship rough mixture.
  7. New York State Parks — Bethpage and Trail View State Parks Trails PlanPark-level ecological inventory documenting oak and oak-pine forest and the selected white oak, scarlet oak, pitch pine, and flowering dogwood.
  8. New York State Parks — 2026 Long Island sod specificationCurrent Bethpage State Park procurement categories including fine fescue and creeping bentgrass sod.
  9. OpenStreetMap — Bethpage Black recordExact national-library source record and course centroid used by Weather Caddy.