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The Four Letter Word Club at Ryder Cup 2025, Bethpage Black

The Four Letter Word Club at Ryder Cup 2025, Bethpage Black

Four Letter Word Club

A cultural brand that honors the past and includes the future.
More than a word — it’s a tradition.
More than a club — it is the first * truly * American Golf brand that's been hiding in plain sight.

Built on the love (and hate) of the game of golf
and the relentless pursuit to Do Better.

From America’s first course to every founding day since, the Four Letter Word Club story has been passed down through:

  • Generations of players and coaches
  • Caddies, business and community builders
  • Storytellers, rebels, and romantics

This is the first Truly American golf brand — influencing how golf spread across the country and how culture, humor, identity, and community showed up alongside it.


The Ryder Cup Spirit

There’s no better stage for our values than this week:

  • American Golf vs. Everyone Else
  • Self-Expression vs. Everyone Else
  • New Traditions vs. Old Traditions

Members of FLWC helped shape this rivalry. The spirit of our Club is alive on the international stage this week.

So wear your pin. Put on your logo.
Let them hear you!


Can't make it in person? Golf Channel, YouTube TV, ESPN...Turn up the volume this week — you may just hear fellow members reminding the world that four-letter words are synonymous with the first Truly American Golf Brand.


Most golfers don’t introduce themselves before they observe:

  • The ball you play
  • The way you line up a putt
  • How you react to a perfect approach… or a terrible one

They know who you are before you say a word.

The same goes for this logo.

Wearing **** doesn’t mean you’re the best.
It means you belong to something real.

A club rooted in frustration, humor, and resilience —
with a shared understanding that golf is about more than scorecards.

To wear this mark is to signal that:

  • You respect traditions, but you’re writing your own
  • You know what it means to bounce back- Do Better.
  • You know that **** isn't just about golf. It's life, community, business.
  • You know when to listen… and when to express yourself

This isn’t merch.
It’s a marker.
A flag.
A nod across the fairway that says:

**** Golf. Do Better. ”


Step Inside the Ropes

Every Founding Member has a place in our story. Your official portrait now lives in the Member Directory — complete with the dry wit and judgment of Mr. Judge. He was there for the first **** on American Soil and has been judging members ever since.

Your portrait is more than a picture; it’s a marker of your role in this history.

Take a moment to find your portrait, see how Mr. Judge sized you up, and recognize what it means to be written into the lineage of the first Truly American Golf Brand.


Member Perk Reminder

The code **** still works in the shop — giving Founding Members access to the Cozy Collection at cost (while supplies last). This benefit won’t be around forever. Being here at the beginning means you don’t just buy product, you claim part of the tradition.