Asked what he might have done differently in a Ryder Cup that got away early, before getting really close late, U.S. captain Keegan Bradley focused on the way he set up the course at Bethpage Black.

The past 12 months had a little of everything — a career Grand Slam, Ryder Cup chaos and so much more. With 2026 on the horizon, our writers look back at the most memorable moments from 2025 and ...

The best golf events linger in our minds for all the right reasons. Tom Watson at Turnberry in the hot summer of ’77, Donna Summer’s “I Feel Love” on car radios all over the world. Big Jack, Augusta, ...

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 ...

The 2025 Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black exposed a leadership failure that the PGA of America could not ignore. Fans directed a torrent of personal and profane abuse at Rory McIlroy and the European team ...

Don Rea compared the fan abuse aimed at Rory McIlroy during the Ryder Cup to a “youth soccer game.” Fans didn’t like this, ...

When the Ryder Cup comes to town, the spotlight of international golf isn’t the only thing that intensifies. At Bethpage Black, the crush of demand for tee times exposed a more modern challenge: bots ...

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 ...

Friends Academy wins the Nassau boys team golf championship on the Bethpage Red Course on Wednesday, May 20, 2026. Credit: Peter Frutkoff. Charles Nevin of ...

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. – The seven days of vitriol and boorish behavior the European Ryder Cup team endured at Bethpage is unacceptable. Full stop. This isn’t the handwringing of a golf purist clinging to ...

Scenes from the Nassau girls golf championship on Tuesday, May 19, 2026 at Bethpage State Park Golf Course. Jolie Nguyen of ...

Having just completed a Tuesday-morning spin through Bethpage Black’s back nine, Bryson DeChambeau wasn’t done. He strutted from the 18th green to the adjacent first tee box, plopped down his launch ...