Ryder Cup to make long-awaited NYC metro return as Europe eyes rare back-to-back triumph on American soil

Team Europe Ryder Cup members practice on the driving range in front of hundreds of fans at Bethpage Black on Long Island, New York.

For the first time since 1935 at Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, New Jersey, the Ryder Cup will be played in the New York City metro area, as Team USA and Team Europe will spend the weekend at the famed Bethpage Black on Long Island.

It was announced that this year's Ryder Cup would take place at Bethpage Black, famously recommended "only for highly skilled golfers" on Sept. 17, 2013. Originally, this was supposed to be the 2024 Ryder Cup, but the pandemic postponed the 2020 Ryder Cup, pushing back each of the events that followed.

This was actually the second time the Ryder Cup had been delayed, the first being in 2001 due to the Sept. 11 terror attacks. So, the Ryder Cup, which originally was planned to take place in odd-numbered years, has reverted to its old ways. 

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Fans and a jumbotron during the 43rd Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits Sept. 24, 2021, in Kohler, Wis. (Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)

Now, after nearly 12 years since the announcement, golfers will finally tee off shortly after 7 a.m. ET on Friday. NBC, USA and Peacock will be streaming the events.

The Ryder Cup began in 1927, originally as a competition between the United States and Great Britain and Ireland. But the Americans dominated, and Jack Nicklaus was part of expanding the overseas team to include all of Europe beginning in 1979, changing the tournament forever.

The change brought in legends like Seve Ballesteros, Bernhard Langer and Sandy Lyle, and Europe became a legitimate force. Since the expansion, there have been 22 Ryder Cups, and Europe has a 12-9-1