Bethpage Black will make history as the first public course to ever host a Ryder Cup. "I don’t look at it just as an economic boost, I look at it as a point of pride,"Gov. Kathy Hochul said. The golf ...

When the Ryder Cup comes to town, the spotlight of international golf isn’t the only thing that intensifies. At Bethpage Black, the crush of demand for tee times exposed a more modern challenge: bots ...

The 2025 Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black golf course in Long Island, New York, is drawing massive crowds despite high ticket prices. With the event returning to American soil for the first time since 2021 ...

About a year ago, Luke Donald flew into New York with his right-hand man, Edoardo Molinari, to suss out the next Ryder Cup course. Word quickly got out that the European captain was in town, so by the ...

It’s Ryder Cup week, meaning Bethpage Black is ready to take center stage. And, if you are daring enough, you can even play it yourself. The Black Course at Bethpage State Park is not only one of the ...

Bethpage State Park in Farmingdale, Long Island, is unlike any other stop in championship golf. The site is a true public track, run by New York State, where everyday golfers can line up overnight in ...

Editor's Note: This story first appeared in the June 2002 issue of Golf Digest. Since then, Golf Digest has listed Joseph H. Burbeck as the architect of Bethpage Black and A.W. Tillinghast as a ...

It seems like everyone has a Bethpage Black story: Keegan Bradley began his college career there with informal practices as an 18-year-old St. John’s freshman with a crazy dream of making the PGA Tour ...

Bots, software programs that quickly perform automated tasks, are a “serious issue” in securing tee times at Bethpage State Park’s five golf courses, according to a report published by the Offices of ...

New York’s famed Bethpage Black course is decked out and ready for the 2025 Ryder Cup. But one former captain, Paul Azinger, thinks the PGA of America chose the wrong course to host the event. But ...