Surely you’ve seen the sign. It hangs on a railing above the first tee of Bethpage State Park’s Black Course, warning players that this course means business. Who, exactly, can count themselves among ...

There’s an old golf platitude about Cypress Point being the greatest 17-hole course in the world. The layout is nothing but dazzling from the first tee onward. Then you play the 18th, tacking narrowly ...