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Bethpage Black’s Brutal 12th Hole Tests Accuracy and Power

The par-4 12th at Bethpage Black stretches 496 yards and is considered one of its toughest. Players must clear cross bunkers to shorten the hole or lay up right. A 290-yard carry avoids the left-fairway trap, but accuracy is critical. The large, undulating green and mostly blind approach underline why the hole yielded just 20 birdies in 2009.