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Why Bethpage Black’s 11th Hole Ranks Among the Toughest Tests

The 435-yard par-4 11th starts the back-nine gauntlet at Bethpage Black. Its blind tee shot must favor the right side, avoiding shared bunkers with No. 10, while the landing zone bottlenecks. The severe green, angled front-right to back-left, is ringed by sand with a punishing false front. In 2009, it yielded just 20 birdies.