Long Island hasn't seen a four-peat like this since 1983. And unlike the Islanders, Bethpage State Park won't stop contending for more titles anytime soon (or move to Queens).
Bethpage once again finished on top of the "Best Golf Course" category in the Best of Long Island survey run annually by the Long Island Press. Even though the Press opened the competition this year to some of the Island's private courses, readers continued to reward Bethpage with mouse-clicks for the challenges and top conditions found on all 90 holes and enhance its reputation as the premier public golf facility in the country. The park draws hundreds of golfers to eastern Nassau County daily for rounds on the famous Black Course, the renowned Red, the Blue, Green and Yellow.
Eisenhower Park dropped from second place to third in 2011, replaced as the runner-up by Harbor Links in Port Washington. The Michael Hurdzan design near Hempstead Harbor is a very challenging layout that's more American Southwest than Long Island North Shore. Built from what was formerly an industrial sand mine, Harbor Links presents golfers with rock formations, high bluffs, split fairways and "environmental areas" (the course is a member of Audubon International's Signature Program).
The historic Red Course is the centerpiece of the 54-hole complex at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow. The Devereux Emmet design is one of a dozen Long Island courses to receive four stars from Golf Digest in the magazine's Best Places To Play listing.
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