Pga Championship At Bethpage Black History

The 2019 pga championship was the 101st edition of the pga championship and the second of golf s four major championships in 2019 held may 16 19 at the black course in bethpage state park farmingdale new york this was the first edition under the new schedule in which the pga championship is the second major of the year having previously been the final one for decades.

Pga championship at bethpage black history. Bethpage state park black farmingdale n y. Open at the same time no less and the first player since tiger woods to win back to back pgas since it shifted to stroke play in 1958. This is the pga site. File in this may 19 2019 file photo brooks koepka reacts after winning the pga championship golf tournament at bethpage black in farmingdale n y.

In 2002 the black course hosted the u s. Bethpage black also hosted the barclays the event of the fedex cup playoffs in late august in 2012 and 2016 and is scheduled to host again in 2021 and 2027. The best golfers in the world will descend upon new york and bethpage state park s famous black course for the 2019 pga championship in may. The course is also scheduled to host the ryder cup in 2025.

Bethpage black will again play host to a mega field at the pga championship this week. After tearing about bellerive country club in 2018 and surviving a back nine stumble at bethpage black last year the four time major champion has the opportunity to become the first golfer to win three straight pga championships since walter hagen won four in a row from 1924 27. Brooks koepka poses with the wanamaker trophy after winning the 2019 pga championship at bethpage black in farmingdale n y. Held in may for the first time since 1949 brooks koepka defended his title in the pga of america s signature championship.

Julio cortez ap it wasn t clear if thomson was joking or. Koepka became the first player to repeat as champion of the pga and the u s. Still bubbles with intrigue the first major in harding s 95 year history the first pga championship on the west coast since 1998. It is the fifth time the best players in the world will compete against each other on the black course the.

Major championship golf returns to bethpage state park s black course one of the top ranked public courses in the country in may for the 101st playing of the pga championship.