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Bethpage Black will host the Ryder Cup this weekend, practically 12 years after the preliminary announcement that it could be the event’s host venue.
“Ryder Cup 2024” merchandise was on sale in the course of the 2019 PGA Championship on the Long Island course, however due to the pandemic in 2020, the Ryder Cup reverted to its previous format of being performed in odd-numbered years. That change was first pressured after the Sept. 11 terror assaults.
Fans within the New York space have needed to wait one other yr to return to the course, however the wait is certain to be properly price it.
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Tiger Woods celebrates his victory on the 18th inexperienced on the 2002 U.S. Open at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, New York. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP by way of Getty Images)
Dubbed “The People’s Country Club,” the major-championship course is open to the general public and is usually the positioning of in a single day tenting for golfers planning to play the course the next morning.
Before gamers tee off, they’re greeted with a warning signal:
“The Black Course is an especially troublesome course which we suggest just for extremely expert golfers,” the notorious signal reads forward of the precise dogleg on the primary gap.
The 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 however didn’t maintain its first skilled golf event till the 2002 U.S. Open.
The Ryder Cup will mark the sixth skilled golf occasion held at Bethpage Black. The course additionally hosted the U.S. Open in 2009 and the Barclays, now known as the St. Jude Championship, in 2012 and 2016.
Tiger Woods and Lucas Glover gained the U.S. Open in 2002 and 2009, respectively, whereas Nick Watney gained the 2012 Barclays, adopted by Patrick Reed 4 years later. Brooks Koepka gained the 2019 PGA Championship.
Brooks Koepka of the United States poses for images after successful the 2019 PGA Championship at Bethpage Black on May 19, 2019, in Farmingdale, New York. (Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire by way of Getty Images)
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It was introduced final week that the 2028 Women’s PGA Championship might be performed at Bethpage, as will the 2033 PGA Championship.
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