Bethpage Green

The Green is the oldest of the five courses at New York's Bethpage State Park. It began in 1923 when architect Devereux Emmet laid out an 18-hole course for the exclusive Lenox Hills Country Club on Long Island farmland assembled by railroad executive Benjamin Franklin Yoakum. The Depression doomed the private club, and the state acquired the land in the early 1930s to create Bethpage State Park. When A.W. Tillinghast was hired to design the Black, Red and Blue courses, he also reworked the former Lenox Hills layout, which became the Green. Measuring roughly 6,378 yards to a par of 71, the Green is shorter and more understated than its famous Black neighbor, but its rolling classic character and affordable public access make it a beloved companion within the celebrated Bethpage complex.