According to the State Parks Department, 244,858 people attended last month’s 45th Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black.

That includes the total number of fans from Tuesday, Sept. 23 through Sunday, Sept. 28, with three practice round days and three competition days. The PGA of America, which operates the biennial golf competition when played on American soil, declined to confirm the attendance number.

“It is the PGA of America’s policy not to release attendance numbers,” the organization wrote in a statement to Newsday on Friday.

Team Europe staved off Team USA’s ferocious comeback attempt in a 15-13 win.

The business group Long Island Association projected that the weeklong event would draw 250,000 fans. Fans from dozens of countries and 47 states were expected. More than 271,000 people from

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