Golfweek ranks Bethpage Black #1 in its annual Best Municipal Courses list

Golfweek announced its annual ranking of America's Best Municipal Courses last month and the Black Course at Bethpage State Park found itself in a very familiar place — at the top. 

Bethpage Black is the top muni in the country for the sixth year in a row according to Golfweek, and as usual, the Black's next-door neighbor — Bethpage Red — is a little ways down the list.  Montauk Downs returns as well.

IMG_2422The 2014 list features no change in the top five — trailing behind Bethpage Black are Chambers Bay (Washington), Butterfield Trail (Texas), Torrey Pines South (California) and the Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale (Arizona).  The Red Course, however, did make a jump to #16 after settling in at #27 in 2013.  The Rees Jones-redesigned Montauk Downs course fell two spots to #44.

In March, the three courses took their usual spots in Golfweek's Best Courses You Can Play list, a ranking of public golf courses by state.  The Black took top honors, while the Red and Montauk Downs landed at #12 and #13, respectively.  Shoreham's Tallgrass Golf Course, ranked #7,  was the other Long Island representative.  The Black also made the top 20 in Golfweek's Classic Courses list.

Golfweek's Best Municipal Courses list rates the top 50 government-owned layouts nationwide.  Golf courses are evaluated and ranked based on conditioning, routing, variety, memorability and other categories.

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