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Student, holiday deals available at Long Island National Golf Club

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It seems the Long Island National Golf Club is starting to loosen up a bit.  Don't believe it?  Sling your clubs over the shoulder of your Lady Gaga getup on Halloween and see for yourself. The Riverhead course — home to one of the priciest public rounds of golf on the Island — is making […]

Flyover: Heartland Golf Park

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[This flyover was updated on September 12, 2021.] Purists might object to a number of things about the Heartland Golf Park in Edgewood.  After all, nobody plays nine holes at a "golf park."  Floodlights on a golf course?  Leave that to sports like football and baseball.  Yet there they are, light stanchions for — gasp!

October is aeration month at Bethpage

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Four of the five courses at Bethpage State Park will be temporarily closed for aeration during the month of October.  (The Yellow Course was already aerated in August.) The Black Course will be the first to close.  Aeration is scheduled for Monday, October 4 and Tuesday, October 5.  The rest of the park's aeration schedule

Observations: Brentwood Country Club

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The hot, steamy, rain-free days of the Summer of 2010 delivered a beating to lawns and gardens across Long Island and the small, mostly flat greens of the Brentwood Country Club.  Bare brown patches dotted a handful of putting surfaces around the short par-72 on our last visit. Luckily, if you're teeing it up at

Hamlet Willow Creek to aerate October 13

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Putts at Hamlet Willow Creek Golf & Country Club will roll smoothly and speedily over the first few weeks of the Fall golf season.  Greens will not be aerated until Wednesday, October 13 — which means now is a great time to challenge the immaculate Mount Sinai course, especially with $39-49 weekday afternoon rates on

Tallgrass sheds “Country Club” title, now Tallgrass Golf Course

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Change is afoot in Shoreham:  The golf course formerly known as the Tallgrass Country Club is now, simply, the Tallgrass Golf Course.  In an effort to promote its public status, Tallgrass has shed the "Country Club" portion of its title and any air of privacy that has come with it. "By changing our name to

September closings at Bethpage Black

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The Black Course at Bethpage State Park will be closed on Thursday, September 16 and Tuesday, September 21 for local competitions.  As usual, the course will be closed on Mondays for scheduled maintenance, though it will remain open for play on Monday, September 27. Call the park or reservation hotline for the most updated course

Fourth Annual Pink Rock Golf Classic, October 7 at Great Rock GC

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The Great Rock Golf Club in Wading River is once again inviting Long Island golfers to "take a swing in the fight against breast cancer" when it hosts the fourth annual Pink Rock Classic on Thursday, October 7.  All proceeds from the tournament will benefit the Fund For Uninsured Women at the Fortunato Breast Health

Observations: Bethpage – Red Course

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Rob visited the Red Course at Bethpage State Park earlier this summer.  Here he discusses some of the Red's more notable holes and features. [For the full course overview, check out the Bethpage Red flyover.] Written by Rob Dimino The fairway of the Red’92s famous first hole was closed when we played, turning a normally

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