Bethpage Black will host the Ryder Cup this weekend, nearly 12 years after the initial announcement that it would be the tournament’s host venue.

“Ryder Cup 2024” merchandise was on sale during the 2019 PGA Championship at the Long Island course, but because of the pandemic in 2020, the Ryder Cup reverted to its old format of being played in odd-numbered years. That change was first forced after the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

Fans in the New York area have had to wait another year to return to the course, but the wait is sure to be well worth it.

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Dubbed “The People’s Country Club,” the major-championship course is open to the public and is often the site of overnight camping for golfers planning to play the course the following morning.

Before players tee off, they are greeted with a warning sign:

“The Black Course is an extremely difficult course which we recommend only for highly skilled golfers,” the infamous sign reads ahead of the right dogleg on the first hole.

The Ryder Cup trophy at Bethpage State Park Black Course on June 6, 2016, in Farmingdale, New York.  (Gary Kellner/PGA of America)

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The course opened in 1936 but did not hold its first professional golf tournament until the 2002 U.S. Open.

The Ryder Cup will mark the sixth professional golf event held at Bethpage Black. The course also hosted the U.S. Open in 2009 and the Barclays, now called the St. Jude Championship, in 2012 and 2016.

Tiger Woods and Lucas Glover won the U.S. Open in 2002 and 2009, respectively, while Nick Watney won the 2012 Barclays, followed by Patrick Reed four years later. Brooks Koepka won the 2019 PGA Championship.

Brooks Koepka of the United States poses for photos after winning the 2019 PGA Championship at Bethpage Black on May 19, 2019, in Farmingdale, New York. (Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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It was announced last week that the 2028 Women’s PGA Championship will be played at Bethpage, as will the 2033 PGA Championship.

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• Dembele praises PSG, coach Enrique, and teammates for support.
• PSG win multiple awards, including team of the season.
• Barca’s Bonmati wins third consecutive women’s Ballon d’Or.

Ousmane Dembele was named the world’s best player of the season as he claimed the Ballon d’Or on a night of triumph for his Paris St Germain club, while Barcelona’s Aitana Bonmati, a serial trophy winner, claimed the women’s award on Monday.

The 28-year-old France forward Dembele, who needed time and the guidance of PSG coach Luis Enrique to fulfill his potential as he inspired the capital club to their first Champions League title last season, became the sixth French player to lift the award and the first since Karim Benzema in 2022.

He beat Spain and Barcelona forward Lamine Yamal, with his PSG teammate Vitinha taking third place.

“What I have just experienced is exceptional, I have no words for it, what happened with PSG. I feel a bit of stress, it’s not easy to win this trophy, and to have it presented to me by Ronaldinho, a legend of football, is exceptional,” Dembele said on stage at a Paris ceremony where he was supported by several teammates, the others being in Marseille for the Ligue 1 clash against OM which they lost 1-0.

“I want to thank PSG who came to get me in 2023. It’s an incredible family. The president Nasser (Al-Khelaifi) is like a father to me. I also want to thank all the staff and the coach, who have been exceptional with me — he too is like a father — and all my teammates.

“We have practically won everything together. You supported me in the good and the difficult times. This individual trophy is one the team has won collectively,” he added, later bursting into tears when he thanked his mother who joined him on stage.

He also mentioned his first club Stade Rennais and the national team, vowing to win another World Cup next year with coach Didier Deschamps after their 2018 victory.

“A great evening for him and a very good thing for French football. Ous’ is someone who is very sensitive, he has had a difficult career with serious injuries but he has always kept things in perspective,” Deschamps said.

Dembele’s prize was one of several for PSG, who won the treble of Champions League, Ligue 1 and the French Cup last season as well as the UEFA Super Cup this year.

The French champions were named team of the season, Luis Enrique was voted best coach and Gianluigi Donnarumma, who left for Manchester City in the close season, was recognised as top goalkeeper with the Yashin trophy.

“It’s the result of hard work, by everyone at the club,” PSG President Al-Khelaifi said. “We’ve got young players, and stars who work for the team. It’s a collective achievement.”

Spain’s Bonmati, the Champions League player of the season, won the women’s Ballon d’Or for the third time in a row, while England’s Dutch manager Sarina Wiegman was honoured as women’s coach of the year after leading her side to the European title.

“I’m amazed and proud because it’s a lot of hard work. I’m here for the third time in a row because of the teams I’ve been playing with,” the 27-year-old Bonmati said.

“We couldn’t win the Champions League this year but we went to the final and it’s football, it’s not always about winning or losing,” she added, with Barca having lost 1-0 to Arsenal in this year’s final of Europe’s elite club competition.