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’s a warning sign by the first tee of Bethpage’s Black Course, alerting players that the Black requires a high level of skill. I thought I belonged in that category. I guess I was wrong. I’ve ...

New York’s famed Bethpage Black course is decked out and ready for the 2025 Ryder Cup. But one former captain, Paul Azinger, thinks the PGA of America chose the wrong course to host the event. 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 ...

Bethpage Black, one of the toughest courses in the United States, along with passionate fans, is the site of the biennial event between America and Europe. By Paul Sullivan If there was ever a true ...

The Ryder Cup has become everything golf typically is not. The slow-moving sport features relentless action from the opening tee shot at 7:10 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 26, and it doesn't stop (except for ...

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 ...

There are five 18-hole courses within Bethpage State Park: the Black, Red, Blue, Green and Yellow. In order of difficulty they go in that order with the Black course the best known having held two US ...

So you want to secure a tee time at Bethpage Black once the Ryder Cup is over? Come prepared because the adventure will be like few other golf experiences you’ve ever had — one that could result in ...