Major Golf Events Return to New York
Just one week before the Ryder Cup arrives in New York for the first time in three decades, the PGA of America has confirmed the holding of three more major championships in the state until the year 2035. The KPMG Women’s PGA Championship will be played at the Black Course at Bethpage Black in 2028, while the PGA Championship will return to Bethpage Black for the second time in 2033. In addition, the PGA of America announced the return of the PGA Championship to Oak Hill, near Rochester, for the fifth time in 2035. The Ryder Cup will begin on September 26 at Bethpage Black, a prestigious public course on Long Island. Bethpage Black previously hosted the U.S. Open in 2002 and 2009. The Women’s PGA Championship has been jointly organized by the PGA of America and the LPGA Tour since 2015, the year this important women’s tournament received a significant upgrade. This championship replaced a regular LPGA event held in the Rochester area in Locust Grove and Monroe, but it had not returned to New York under the same structure since 2015 in Westchester.Since the collaboration of the PGA of America with the LPGA, the Women’s PGA Championship has been held on eight courses that were previously major venues, including Baltusrol in New Jersey, Olympia Fields south of Chicago, Hazeltine in Minnesota, and Congressional, near the nation’s capital.“Bringing the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship to Bethpage Black is a significant milestone and reflects our commitment to hosting this event at top-tier courses in key markets,” said Don Rea Jr., President of the PGA of America.
Don Rea Jr.
“Places matter. They elevate our athletes and amplify the moments that define our game,” said Craig Kessler, LPGA commissioner.
Craig Kessler
Brooks Koepka won the last two PGA Championships held in New York: in 2019 at Bethpage Black and in 2023 at Oak Hill.
The PGA Championship moved from August to May starting in 2019, and has managed to avoid the cold weather at Bethpage Black in 2019 and Oak Hill in 2023, although there was a delay due to frost in the first round at Oak Hill. New York will also host the U.S. Open next year at Shinnecock Hills, and the Western Golf Association will bring the BMW Championship, a FedEx Cup playoffs event on the PGA Tour, to Liberty National in New Jersey in 2027. The PGA Tour stopped visiting the New York metropolitan area in 2021, after losing a main sponsor that had rotated the first postseason event between New York and Boston. The Ryder Cup, which expects large and noisy crowds at Bethpage Black, was last held in New York at Oak Hill in 1995.
