One of golf’s most in-demand tickets will be a little easier to obtain for the right kind of fan.
The PGA of America announced “The People’s Perk,” a “grassroots program” to give 3,000 tickets to this year’s Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black to local New York residents.
“As we kept thinking about what Bethpage represents, it’s the people, it’s the tie to public golf. We’ve gotten to know the culture very well, the challenge of playing public golf,” Bryan Karns, the PGA of America’s championship director, told GolfChannel.com. “Very early on, in 2023, we were kicking around the idea [of a giveaway] because we knew the demand would be so high with a global audience.