Bethpage PGA Championship, Ryder Cup Made Official
/The 2019 PGA and the 2024 Ryder Cup will be headed to Bethpage State Park's Black Course, reports PGA.com.
Governor Andrew Cuomo joined PGA officials for Tuesday's announcement.
“New York is excited that Bethpage State Park and its spectacular Black Course will be hosting two of golf’s most acclaimed events, the PGA Championship and the Ryder Cup,” said Governor Cuomo. “These major sporting events will provide a tremendous economic boost for Long Island and promote the beautiful Bethpage State Golf Course to the nation and the world. We look forward to welcoming spectators and television viewers worldwide to experience the best golf here in New York.”
Bethpage Black will join Oak Hill's East Course of Pittsford, N.Y., as the only New York courses to host a Ryder Cup.
**From Mark Herrmann's Newsday story:
By 2019, it will have been 89 years since the PGA Championship was held on Long Island. The original Fresh Meadow Country Club in Great Neck was the site of Tommy Armour's 1930 victory, in what was then a match play format. Nine years later, the PGA was held in Flushing, Queens, on the now defunct Pomonok Country Club layout. Walter Hagen won the third of his four consecutive PGA titles in 1926 at Salisbury Country Club, which is now the Eisenhower Park Red Course.
