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A "Must" play...yes, the layout is "quirky" as advertised, but is SO interesting and so diabolically brilliant is HAS to be on your Pinehurst area play list !

I can't imagine what the architect was thinking or how he conceived the layout, but, wow, brilliant !

Blind shots...yep..."are you kidding me"...yep...putts guaranteed to roll off the front of the green, if that...yep...a few doubles...yep, but a GREAT experience. My second time, though the first was over 10 years ago, but actually looking forward to going back. Managed to play all 18 with ONE ball, wouldn't have imagined that if I were a scratch player !

PS Would NOT advise, if the weather conditions don't allow for carts on the fairway.

PPS Listen to the starter, he knows his stuff.

An old fashioned layout that will suit all of your golfing wishes. Will "test" your game, but not overly so...go play !!

PS If you have the time, stop at the bar on the lower level, the young bartender impressed even wise old vets with his expertise and nice sense of humor.

This is an exceptional layout, well worth trying, however, the staff is of two natures.

The course is beautiful to the eye, fun to play and will meet your challenges when played at the correct tees...play to your legit handicap.# 18 is spectacular.

The staff was confusing, ranging from super nice, the initial bag folks to a fellow we met on the par 3, which is a must play, loads of fun, especially if you have a "group".

The course 'ranger" needs a serious lesson in "common courtesy" and "respect" for paying guests. We appeared to be the only group, 2 foursomes, and yet were scolded about being "behind our time", despite the fact we were delayed by the starter ? we were 'advised" NOT to stop @ 9, because we were a bit slow...there was NO ONE ELSE on the course ?? we finished in UNDER the 4 hour, 15 minute 'ready golf" admonition despite having 3 players who were 60+ year old, wounded vets !

Play the course...AVOID the staff !!

This "could" be a very good course, if you're a low handicap who plays to their number. For double digits and higher, not so sure.

We had a group of 8. The legitimate scratch-loved it, lower single to mid-teens, not bad, senior age, nah !

The weather was poor and it was cart path only, so that didn't help but I'm not sure even under better conditions the group would have been totally satisfied.

As noted by other reviewers the conditions are totally minimalist...play golf...move on !

This course is very solid and well worth playing.

First, Bethpage is a huge golf complex featuring 5, 18 hole courses, ranging from the super difficult, The Black to the uh, not a fan of either the Blue nor Yellow, though they do get heavy play. The facility, in general, therefore gets heavy traffic, ergo, "pace of play" issues and "are you sure this isn't your first time" players, who can be less than enjoyable.

The Green, a Tillinghast, is a very solid course.

The course plays to a par 71 and the card "suggests" a white tee yardage of 6,100 +, but there have not been blue tees in years, and the whites are often close to the back of tee boxes as possible, so I think it plays about 6,200+ from the "normal" whites. In addition, the holes "appear" to play longer and while the fairways are in good shape, one doesn't get excessive roll, so they play "true". The 17th and 18th, very strong finishing holes, listed @ 408 and 386, both play longer and the bunker left of the 18th green is about 25 yards deep, good luck.

The course features a good mixture of "birdie" chances + some "boy, a par would be nice here" and quite often the tee boxes are significantly elevated, which makes many of the holes "cool" to play.

I'm in my mid-60's and carry a full bag, but if you're of my generation, I strongly recommend a cart, the height changes can be difficult and sometimes the "wait" can require a good sit down.

I'll probably regret this, there go the good tee times, but worth the effort.