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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A scenic view of the Bethpage State Park Golf Course during construction on August 11, 2025 in Farmingdale, New York. The 2025 Ryder Cup will be played on the Bethpage Black Course from September 26 ...

Few sports are more closely associated with wealth and influence than golf. With all due respect to racing yachts and polo ponies, in the popular imagination, the fairway is a place most often ...

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 ...

Back in 1993, I found myself stuck in a Golf Course Operation program at a college tucked away in upstate New York. Maintenance wasn't my calling — I knew that much — but I figured I'd see it through ...

The 2025 Ryder Cup will bring some of the biggest names in golf to one of its most challenging courses in what figures to be quite the spectacle. The United States will look to end a rough run at the ...