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Bethpage Black hosts the Ryder Cup over the weekend, almost 12 years after the initial announcement that it would be the host of the tournament.
“Ryder Cup 2024” Items were for sale during the PGA Championship in 2019 on Long Island Course, but due to the pandemic in 2020 the Ryder Cup returned to its old format to be played in odd numbered years. This change was only forced after the September 11 terrorist attacks.
Fans in the New York area have had to wait a year to return to the course, but the wait is sure to be worth it.
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Tiger Woods celebrates his victory on the 18th Green at the US Open 2002 at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, New York. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images)
Baptized “The People’s Country Club” is the big championship course open to the public and is often the place of camping at night for golfers planning to play the course the following morning.
Before the players go off they are greeted with a warning sign:
“The black course is an extremely difficult course that we only recommend for highly educated golfers,” the notorious sign before the right dogleg on the first hole reads.
Ryder Cup Trophy at Bethpage State Park Black Course on June 6, 2016 in Farmingdale, New York. (Gary Kellner/PGA of America)
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The course opened in 1936, but did not hold its first professional golf tournament before the US Open 2002.
Ryder Cup marks the sixth professional golf event held on Bethpage Black. The course also hosted the US Open in 2009 and Barclays, now called St. Jude Championship, in 2012 and 2016.
Tiger Woods and Lucas Glover won the US Open in 2002 and 2009 respectively, while Nick Watney won Barclays in 2012, followed by Patrick Reed four years later. Brooks Koepka won the PGA championship in 2019.
Brooks Koepka from the United States is for photos after winning the PGA Championship in 2019 at Bethpage Black on May 19, 2019 in Farmingdale, New York. (Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
It was announced last week that the 2028 Women’s PGA Championship is played on Bethpage, as is the 2033 pga Championship.
