Ryder Cup preview with architect Rees Jones

Ryder Cup preview with architect Rees Jones

Author: Golf News Net September 22, 2025 Duration: 45:54
On this episode of the show, Jay Flemma welcomes world-renowned golf-course architect Rees Jones to give us the insider's view of Bethpage Black, site of the 2025 Ryder Cup. Jones did the architectural work ahead of the two US Opens at Bethpage in 2002 and 2009, so he knows the course about as well as anyone.

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