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 ...

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 ...

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,” ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Golf’s prestigious Ryder Cup gets underway this weekend, and the star of the show will be Long Island, New York’s beloved Bethpage State Park and its notorious Black Course. Bethpage is not a ...

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 ...

The 2025 Ryder Cup is going to be one of the most unforgettable scenes perhaps in professional golf history. Team USA will look to reclaim the Ryder Cup from Team Europe in late September when the ...

During the Ryder Cup, all the focus will be on one course and one course only – the famed Bethpage Black at Farmingdale, Long Island. The course, which opened in 1936, has long had a reputation as one ...

From a former golf course maintenance student and longtime observer to PGA Professional and Coach, my inside look at what makes Bethpage Black special — and why Andrew Wilson’s 36-year journey ...

The course was renamed Bethpage Golf Club, and in April 1932 it opened to public play at $2 a day. Burbeck moved his wife and son into its clubhouse, where he would manage the course and prepare for ...