Four rounds on Bethpage's Black and Red and other public Long Island courses, with two hotel rooms near Farmingdale, are the plan. Peak-summer hotel rates, an 11.6% lodging tax, a rental car from LaGuardia and Bethpage's double rate for out-of-state golfers are what push the total up.
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420 courses around Long Island that take public tee times, by city, with peak green fees. Private member clubs are left out.
The 2025 Ryder Cup course and one of the hardest public tests in the country. Walking only, no carts, and closed Mondays.
golfdigest.com parks.ny.govThe Black's tough sibling, often called the best second course anywhere, and you can take a cart.
golfdigest.com parks.ny.govA solid, cheaper Bethpage option open all year, with the same price for visitors and New Yorkers.
golf.com parks.ny.govThe shortest and friendliest of Bethpage's 18-hole courses, good for a relaxed second round.
golf.com parks.ny.govThe easiest Bethpage course and open year-round, a fine warm-up or late-afternoon round.
golf.com parks.ny.govA windy, hilly state park course near the tip of Long Island, about two hours east of Bethpage, so it fits best on a Hamptons stay.
golfdigest.com parks.ny.govA long Nassau County parkland course that hosted the 1926 PGA Championship, ten minutes from Bethpage.
golfdigest.com golfadvisor.comA Town of North Hempstead course built on an old sand mine, with split fairways and a big rocky bluff.
golfdigest.com harborlinks.comAn open, links-style Trent Jones Jr. course among the East End farms, a good stop on the way to the North Fork wineries.
where2golf.com golfnow.comA long East End course with one of the few real par-6 holes in the Northeast, at a fair price.
golfdigest.com greenfeetracker.comCherry Creek's second course, tree-lined and ranked by GolfPass golfers among New York's best publics.
golfpass.comA North Fork course with a stretch of holes along Long Island Sound; GolfPass golfers rank it among New York's best publics.
golfpass.com where2golf.comA heavily reshaped Stephen Kay course with an island green on the 16th, on the North Shore of Suffolk County.
golfdigest.comA South Shore course kept in excellent shape, with its best holes along the bay.
golfdigest.com golfadvisor.comA modern, open course in central Suffolk that gets windy and plays hard.
golfdigest.comRecent tree removal and new waste bunkers have opened up this Pine Barrens course, and it is a good value.
golfdigest.comThe front nine climbs through the Pine Barrens and the back nine drops to a flat meadow; tough from the back tees.
golfdigest.com golfadvisor.comA Town of Huntington course near Long Island Sound that balances challenge and forgiveness.
golfdigest.comA 27-hole Suffolk County course on Great South Bay, with water views on the outer holes.
suffolkcountyny.govA hilly, wooded Fazio design that got new tees on every hole and new irrigation in 2024.
golfonlongisland.com longisland.comThe sample is 4 travelers for 4 nights. Your plan ($7,376) covers the main costs most people budget for, the ones you enter on the left. Costs people forget ($3,073, about 42% more for this trip) are the fees, taxes, tips and extras listed in the calculator. Prices were last checked on October 17, 2026.
Share of the $10,449 real cost. Nights and travelers multiply most of these costs, so changing either one moves the total the most.
12 of this trip's numbers link to a published price or rate. The rest are our estimates, and each one says what it is based on. You can also read how we calculate every trip.
| Cost | Default | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| Green fees per golfer (whole trip) | $450 per traveler | Four peak weekday rounds for out-of-state golfers: Bethpage Black $140 (walking), Bethpage Red $90 plus a $22 cart share, Harbor Links $73 plus a $28 cart, and about $100 at Eisenhower Red. Judgment call. Source |
| Hotel, two rooms per night (whole group) | $560 a night | Farmingdale-area hotels average about $220 Sunday to Thursday and $301 on weekends, and $318 in June; we use about $280 a room for two rooms in summer. Judgment call. Source |
| Airfare per person | $404 per traveler | The US DOT average domestic fare from LaGuardia (LGA) was $404 in Q2 2026 (Islip ISP $315, JFK $497). Source |
| Food per person, per day | $86 per traveler, per day | The FY2027 federal meals and incidentals (M&IE) rate for Nassau County is $86 a day (Suffolk County is also $86). Source |
| Cost | Default | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| Checked bag fees | $90 per traveler | Major US airlines charge about $35 to $50 for a first checked bag each way, so about $90 round trip. Source |
| Golf bag fees | $110 per traveler | American, Delta, United and Southwest treat a golf bag as a standard checked bag; a second bag is $55 each way. Source |
| Shipping your clubs Off by default | $108 per traveler | Ground shipping for a golf bag starts around $54 each way. Source |
| Lodging taxes | 11.625% of the hotel | Nassau County's 3% hotel and motel occupancy tax plus the 8.625% Nassau sales tax (NY Publication 718, effective March 1, 2025). Suffolk County hotels pay 8.75% sales tax plus Suffolk's own hotel tax. Since April 2025 short-term rentals also pay sales tax. Source |
| Rental car | $130 a day | KAYAK shows LaGuardia SUVs averaging $101 a day (vans $125); we add New York rental taxes and airport fees. Judgment call. Source |
| Bethpage booking fees | $10 per traveler | Bethpage's reservation rules: a $5 per-player booking fee, paid when you book and not refunded. Two Bethpage rounds in the sample plan. Source |
| Drinks on the course | $80 per traveler | Our estimate of about $20 a round for beverage-cart drinks and snacks. Judgment call. Our estimate |
| Golf balls | $55 per traveler | A dozen Titleist Pro V1 balls lists at $55. Source |
| Tips for bag drop and cart staff | $20 per traveler | A few dollars at bag drop and the turn; we use $5 a round. Judgment call. Source |
| Side bets and prizes | $50 per traveler | Our estimate for skins, team bets and a small trophy. Our estimate |
| Lessons and extras you picked Off by default | $0 for the trip | Set by the extras you pick in the tee-time planner. Our estimate |
| Travel insurance | 6% of your plan | Squaremouth says a comprehensive plan averages about 6% of the trip cost, usually 4% to 10%. Source |
| Pre-trip shopping | $60 for the trip | Our estimate for travel-size toiletries, sunscreen and small things bought before a trip. Our estimate |
| Pet boarding or sitter | $50 a day, if you check Pets | Dogster puts regular kennel boarding at about $35 to $85 a night. Overnight sitters at home cost more. Source |
For 4 golfers spending 4 nights in peak summer season, with four rounds each, a hotel, two rooms, flights and food, plan on about $7,380. Once you add golf bag fees, lodging taxes, rental car, bethpage booking fees, drinks on the course, balls, tips and side bets, it's closer to $10,450, or about $2,610 each. Use the tee-time planner above to price the courses you want.
Yes. Out-of-state golfers pay $140 on weekdays and $160 on weekends, twice the New York rate. You book online 5 days ahead, from 7 pm, and can book the Black only once every 28 days. There's a $5 booking fee per golfer. The first 6 to 12 tee times each morning go to the walk-up line. Source
No. The Black is walking only, except with a medical exemption, and it's closed on Mondays except holidays. Carts are allowed on the Red, Blue, Green and Yellow courses. Denim isn't allowed. Source
Bethpage doesn't lower prices by season, so twilight is the main saving: the Black drops to $88 for visitors and the Red to $55. The Black is open April 15 to November 15. The Blue and Yellow stay open all year, weather permitting, at $38 on weekdays. Source
Long Island MacArthur (ISP) in Islip is about 20 miles away; its average fare was about $315 in mid-2026. LaGuardia is about 30 miles away with more flights, at about $404. JFK is about 25 miles away but averaged about $497. Source