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 ...

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. - You could feel Mike and Gary winding up for the punchline. Before the ball landed neatly in the center of the fairway at Bethpage Red. Before it shot high and straight into the air ...

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 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 ...

Bethpage Black, known for its difficulty, will be set up differently for the 2025 Ryder Cup. Team USA, as the home team, tailored the course layout to favor its players' strengths. Players expect an ...

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 ...

Charles Nevin of Friends Academy wins the Nassau boys individual golf championship on the Bethpage Red Course on Wednesday, May 20, 2026. Credit: Peter Frutkoff Mason Montevego of Island Trees tees ...

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 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 ...