New York: Bethpage Black and Oak Hill, venues for 3 golf Majors

Major Golf Tournaments to Take Over New York Until 2035

Just one week before the Ryder Cup arrives in New York for the first time in three decades, the PGA of America has announced the schedule for three major championships to be held in the state through 2035. The KPMG Women’s PGA Championship will be held at the Black Course at Bethpage Black in 2028, and the PGA Championship will return to Bethpage Black for the second time in 2033. In addition, the PGA Championship will return to Oak Hill, near Rochester, for the fifth time in 2035. The Ryder Cup will begin on September 26 at Bethpage Black, a public course on Long Island. Bethpage Black was already the venue for 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, marking a significant improvement for this tournament which is the second oldest major in women’s golf. Don Rea Jr., president of the PGA of America, stated: “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 important markets.” Since the collaboration of the PGA of America with the LPGA, the Women’s PGA has visited eight courses that previously hosted majors, including Baltusrol in New Jersey, Olympia Fields south of Chicago, Hazeltine in Minnesota, and Congressional, near the nation’s capital.

“Places matter. They elevate our athletes and amplify the moments that define our game,” commented Craig Kessler, LPGA commissioner.

Craig Kessler

Brooks Koepka was the winner of 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, which has allowed it to avoid extreme weather conditions at Bethpage Black in 2019 and at 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 title sponsor that had rotated the first postseason event between New York and Boston. The Ryder Cup, which expects a large influx of public in Bethpage Black, was last held in New York at Oak Hill in 1995. Europe won that year, marking the beginning of a period in which it has won the Ryder Cup in 10 of the last 14 editions.