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Tommy Fleetwood Sends Message About Public Golf Course Which Aspiring Players Should Visit
Tommy Fleetwood Sends Message About Public Golf Course Which Aspiring Players Should Visit

Yahoo

time23-06-2025

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  • Yahoo

Tommy Fleetwood Sends Message About Public Golf Course Which Aspiring Players Should Visit

Tommy Fleetwood Sends Message About Public Golf Course Which Aspiring Players Should Visit originally appeared on Athlon Sports. It's not very common to check in for your tee time at a public golf course and have Tommy Fleetwood teeing off ahead of you. But that's exactly what happened when the seven-time DP World Tour winner teed it up at Bethpage State Park earlier this month to participate in golf content creator Grant Horvat's YouTube challenge, "Can I Beat Tommy Fleetwood if I Start 5 Under Par?" Advertisement A small gallery formed to watch Fleetwood's buttery swing as the pair teed off on the first hole of Bethpage Red. The over-hourlong video documents the match, with Fleetwood's charm and humor on full display. Between shots the pair discuss topics ranging from golf tips, friendships on tour, what type of shot precedes a "floppy arm," and how Tommy developed his patented sawed-off finish. Tommy Fleetwood during the second round of the U.S. LeClaire-Imagn Images Coming down the 18th hole, Fleetwood praised the Bethpage Red course, saying, "It's a really fun course to play. If you played this course every day, you'd be great at shaping the ball, you'd be a really good wedge player." The 7,092-yard, par-70, A.W. Tillinghast-designed Red course ranked 65th on 2024-25 Top 100 Courses You Can Play in the U.S. list, ranking higher than PGA Tour sites TPC Harding Park and Bay Hill. Advertisement Bethpage State Park is the home of the upcoming 2025 Ryder Cup, which will be held on the Black course. If you're making a bucket list golf trip to play Bethpage Black, make sure to add one more day and play the Red course as well. Tommy Fleetwood is seeking his first PGA Tour win this weekend and holds a three-shot lead after Saturday's third round at the Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands. This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 21, 2025, where it first appeared.

What does it take to play Bethpage Black, this year's Ryder Cup venue? A Colorado golfer traveled to find out.
What does it take to play Bethpage Black, this year's Ryder Cup venue? A Colorado golfer traveled to find out.

CBS News

time16-06-2025

  • Sport
  • CBS News

What does it take to play Bethpage Black, this year's Ryder Cup venue? A Colorado golfer traveled to find out.

Bethpage Black is not only one of the best and most demanding golf courses in the world, it's public. One of the rare public tracks that has what it takes to host golf's best. The course at Bethpage State Park in Farmingdale, New York, has hosted several U.S. Opens, including a Tiger Woods victory in 2002. Tiger Woods celebrates his win on the 18th green in the 2002 US Open Championship at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, New York. TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images Now this beacon of public golf will host the Ryder Cup. Well I couldn't pass up an opportunity to play the course that will host the biennial competition between the U.S. and Europe. Getting to the Big Apple was the easy part. Securing a coveted tee time? Much more effort. My son and I had to show up the day before and be prepared to sleep in our car for a chance to play The Black. The 411 yard par 4, 18th hole on the Black Course at Bethpage State Park in Farmingdale, New York, in 2005. David Cannon / Getty Images We arrived at Bethpage State park at 4:30 p.m. on a Thursday and were the fourth car in line. By 10:30 p.m. on Thursday night, 16 cars were parked with the occupants ready to hunker down for a not-so-good night's sleep. Bright and early at 4:30 a.m. on Friday, a state park worker knocks on your car window and gives each occupant a ticket that they can turn in to get a tee time. Then you proceed to the pro shop to secure your time. We signed up for 8:50 a.m. When you arrive at the first tee you're greeting by a warning sign. It resembles the kind you might see before embarking on a double black diamond run at a Colorado ski resort. It reads, "Warning! The Black course is an extremely difficult course which we recommend for highly skilled golfers only." So we tee'd off wondering if we had what it takes to be a highly skilled golfer. Surprisingly, my son and I fared better than expected. We were paired with a couple local residents who played the black course often. "How do you think a couple guys from Denver did our here today?" I asked Todd Bass, a local Long Island golfer. "Not bad," he replied. "You guys came from the West Coast and spent much of your day in the sand." In an aerial view, the 18th hole is seen at Bethpage Black Course in 2022 in Farmingdale, New York. Gary Kellner/PGA of America via Getty Images "You parked at 4 a.m. this morning and got the same tee time that we got and we arrived at 4:30 p.m. yesterday," I exclaimed. "Are we suckers?" "No, we live like 5 minutes away so we have the upper hand," Todd said. "Do you think it's worth it for people to sleep out in the cars to secure a tee time at the Black course?' I asked. "No question," said Todd. "Bring a steak, a good bottle of something and come hang out."

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