Nassau Players Club

Bethpage State Park

Home Of The Black Course

The valley in which the 8th green sits cuts diagonally across the fairway at the beginning of the landing area, creating a steep rise which must be carried to leave a reasonable second shot. Trees are in play on both sides, and the ideal tee shot is hit at the left edge of the fairway as it rises over the top of the ridge. As the open has approached, the fairway has been narrowed, although this is not obvious from the tee.

Over the rise, the hole bends gently left and the trees continue to hug the left side of the fairway. The green sits in a ring of trees and is open at the back but surrounded in front and on both sides by sand. The approach shot is played with a short iron, the player's view of the bottom of a right pin obscured by the front bunker.