Bethpage Black, Oak Hill Give New York Three Majors in Next Decade

One week before the Ryder Cup arrives in New York for the first time in 30 years, the PGA of America announced the KPMG Women’s PGA will be played on the Black Course at Bethpage Black in 2028, while the PGA Championship will go to Bethpage Black for the second time in 2033 and the PGA Championship will return to Oak Hill near Rochester for the fifth time in 2035.

The Ryder Cup starts September 26 at Bethpage Black, the public course on Long Island. Bethpage Black previously hosted the U.S. Open in 2002 and 2009. 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 it has managed to escape frigid weather at Bethpage Black in 2019 and Oak Hill in 2023, although there was a frost delay the first round at Oak Hill. New York also has the U.S. Open next year at Shinnecock Hills.

The lineup represents the first time the Women’s PGA Championship will be held at a public golf course when it comes to Bethpage Black. The PGA Championship will return to Bethpage for the first time since 2019. Hosting these major events at Bethpage requires State Parks to commit resources to prepare the venue. In addition, State Parks has worked with PGA on terms that include lower or no host fees. The 2035 PGA Championship at Oak Hill is being supported by $3 million in grants from Empire State Development.

The Women’s PGA has been jointly run by the PGA of America and LPGA Tour since 2015 when the second-oldest major in women’s golf received an upgrade. Since the PGA of America collaboration with the LPGA, the Women’s PGA has gone to eight courses that previously hosted majors, including Baltusrol in New Jersey, Olympia Fields south of Chicago, Hazeltine in Minnesota and Congressional across from the nation’s Capitol.

“Venues matter. They elevate our athletes and amplify the moments that define our game,” LPGA Commissioner Craig Kessler said

The Ryder Cup, which is expecting large and loud crowds at Bethpage Black, last was in New York at Oak Hill in 1995. Europe won, the start of a stretch in which it has captured the Ryder Cup 10 of the last 14 times. Bethpage State Park will host 250,000 spectators for the Ryder Cup.