Бетпейдж штатының паркі және гольф алаңдары

State park in the U. S. state of New York

Bethpage State Park is a New York state park on the border of Nassau County and Suffolk County on Long Island. The park contains tennis courts, picnic and recreational areas and a polo field, but is best known for its five golf courses, including the Bethpage Black Course, which hosted the 2002 and 2009 U. S. Open Golf Championships and the 2019 PGA Championship.

The park has five eighteen hole golf courses, named (in increasing order of difficulty) the Yellow, Green, Blue, Red, and Black Courses. In 2002 the Black Course became the first publicly owned and operated course to host the U. S. Open. The tournament was won by Tiger Woods, being the only golfer to score under par for the tournament. The Tournament was seen as one of the most difficult and exciting U. S. Opens in history, breaking attendance records and creating a boisterous atmosphere for the U. S. Open. Bethpage Black also hosted the 2009 U. S. Open, which was won by Lucas Glover. Prior to 2002, all U. S. Opens had been staged at private golf or country clubs or at privately owned resorts that, while open to the public, were very expensive for the public to play, with greens fees of several hundred dollars per round. The USGA's choice of Bethpage was seen as an egalitarian move; as of 2010, Bethpage Black's weekend price for 18 holes was $75 for New York State residents, and $150 for non residents. There are a number of ways for golfers to secure a round on the always popular Black Course. To register for a tee time, guests must have their driver's license on file with the park's reservation system. Note that New York residents can reserve a tee time seven days in advance, while out of state residents can only reserve tee times starting at 7:00 pm Eastern Time five days before the intended date of play. Walk ups are also accepted. Commonly, golfers wait in line in the parking lot overnight to secure walk up tee times. The logo for the entire golf complex is a profile of a boy caddie carrying a golf bag with two golf clubs sticking up from it. It is based on the images carved into the black exterior window shutters on its clubhouse.

In its July 2008 list of America's greatest golf courses, Golf Digest ranked Bethpage Black #26 overall, #6 in the state of New York, and #5 in its list of America's greatest public golf courses. It is also the top ranked course in the Golf Digest list that is operated by a governmental entity.

YearTournamentWinnerScoreTo par2002 U. S. Open Tiger Woods 277 –32009 U. S. Open Lucas Glover 276 –42019 PGA Championship Brooks Koepka 272 –8

The Polo Grounds at Bethpage State Park offers a field with bleacher seating. The field was built in 1934 and has seen both high and medium goal polo. "Polo at the Park" is hosted by Country Farms Polo Club every Sunday from June through September. The 1994 U. S. Open Polo Championship was hosted by the Meadowbrook Polo Club and the finals were played at Bethpage State Park.