The PGA in the United States is a week away from the first Ryder Cup in Bethpage history, but both sides have signed more.
On Wednesday morning, New York Governor Kathy Hochul and the U.S. PGA announced that New York State will host two PGA Championships in the 2030s, at Bethpage Black in 2033 and at Oak Hill in 2035. The decision brings the PGA Championship back to the second time in recent history to win Bethpage, continuing to govern the relationship between the agency and New York’s most famous municipal golf course. As part of the agreement, Bethpage will also host the 2028 Million Women’s PGA Championship.
“Black courses tested the strongest field of golf courses in 2019, offering memorable PGA titles and promised to do it again in 2033,” U.S. PGA president Don Rea said in a press release. “These three titles will add to our association’s long history in New York State and we can’t wait to see the best players in the world compete on Long Island and Rochester.”
The news has caused some locals to whisper about the future of Bethpage Black as the main champion venue, and there is no other big golf game on the calendar after next week’s Ryder Cup. Bethpage’s Black course is a depression-era design with a long history, as the main champion of public visits, the Savage has become a leading host from Golf Diehards, but has won Plaudits in the field between “US Open Test” and “PGA Championship Mainstay.”
The course has hosted a PGA title since the turn of the century, opened twice in the U.S. and will host its first Ryder Cup next week. These tournaments are often called success, and the city of Bert Patch has its roots as a crowded stage with a crazier New York crowd, and its cities close to the city open checkbooks for major corporate hospitality and sponsorship buildings.
Black courses offer several layers of appeal to governing agencies like the PGA in the United States. On the one hand, PGA generates greater revenue from competitions held in major metropolitan areas where it can attract more hospitality options. For another, Bethpage’s roots are the so-called People’s Country Club, with no shortage of loyal ticketing demand in New York – a testament to the highly critical decision of the US PGA to charge $750 for the Ryder Cup.
The US PGA’s decision has brought major championships to four venues in New York over the next decade, with Oak Hill and Bethpage providing championships in addition to the US Open Master’s Winged Foot and Shinnecock Hills.
For Bethpage, the decision adds fuel to the two-year excitement that led to next week’s Ryder Cup, where the People’s Country Club will once again count as the world’s best guest.
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