Wildly popular for its waterside layout and scenery, the Lido Golf Club is closed indefinitely, a victim, for now, of its greatest asset. The golf course along Reynolds Channel on the north side of Lido Beach suffered significant flood damage to the grounds and clubhouse during Hurricane Sandy.
Golf On Long Island's Rob Dimino, who spent the duration of the October 29-30 storm in Long Beach and owns a business on the barrier island, said the Atlantic Ocean on the south met the channel on the north around Lido during the hurricane. In the days following Sandy, Dimino passed by and noted standing saltwater on parts of the course.
Other bayside and oceanside courses on the south shore remain closed, including some of Nassau's nine-hole munis. In Suffolk, the Blue Course at Timber Point is shut down until sometime in 2013. Given the severe flooding and damage to Ocean Parkway and parts of Fire Island, Long Island's barrier-beach pitch-and-putts are likely in poor shape. A recent Newsday photo of the Jones Beach tower after the storm showed the adjacent pitch-and-putt course submerged in saltwater.
[Pictured above, the channelside green on Lido's double-fairway 16th in August 2011. See this Closer Look post for more on Lido's signature par-5.]