With tomorrow's scheduled reopening of Harbor Links' Executive Course, all but two of Long Island's public golf courses are back open for play in a 2020 spring season where tee times are scarce and social-distance regulations are firm.
Bay Park and Merrick Road Park, municipal nine-hole courses owned by Nassau County and the Town of Hempstead, respectively, are the last holdouts. (A third still-closed course, Great Rock Golf Club in Wading River, might be out of business.)
Park personnel confirmed on Friday that the golf courses remain closed. When asked about a scheduled opening date, an employee at Merrick simply answered, "We're not open." A phone message stated the course is closed "until further notice."
A representative at the Nassau County parks department said by e-mail that Bay Park's golf course is expected to open sometime next week upon approval of seasonal personnel. However, an employee in the park's main office said she is unaware of any planned opening date.
The rest of the Nassau County munis — Eisenhower Park's three courses, plus Cantiague, Christopher Morley and North Woodmere — reopened in late April. Hempstead Town's other municipal course at Lido Golf Club opened then as well.