The warning sign greeting players at the Bethpage State Park Black Course says it all. Unless you’re a very good player with a handicap in the single digits, this probably isn’t the place for you. But ...
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 ...
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 ...
There is a great deal of performative concern about peace in professional golf, but I’m here to tell you it’s a lost cause. Even if professional golf ends its great war, it will not find peace. Real ...
Major championships are coming back to Bethpage Black. In advance of Long Island’s iconic public course hosting next week’s Ryder Cup, the PGA of America and New York governor Kathy Hochul announced ...
For golfer Freddie Curtis, arriving to Bethpage State Park nearly 21 hours before his tee time was well worth it to play the iconic Black course. "This has been on my bucket list since I was a kid,” ...
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 ...
State Inspector General Lucy Lang released a report on Friday, Oct. 24, stating there is no evidence to support allegations that bots are claiming tee times at Bethpage State Park Golf Course, putting ...