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Seasonal Long Island golf courses set to close for ’21

18-hole, 18-hole, 9-hole, 9-hole, Bethpage, Course Promos and Updates, For Beginners, Nassau Courses, North Shore/Central, South Shore, Suffolk Courses

The middle of December is when the curtains come down and the house lights come up for Long Island's seasonal public golf courses.  There are only a few days left to squeeze in nine- or 18-hole rounds on these courses, most of which are municipal facilities.  You can expect nearly all of them to reopen […]

The Golfer’s Journal podcast and magazine piece examine past, present and future of Lido-inspired golf

18-hole, In the News, Nassau Courses, Origins, South Shore, Voices of Long Island Golf

Lido Beach golf both past and present, as well as local, national and even international, is the subject of the most recent podcast just published this month by The Golfer's Journal and narrated by New York sports and golf writer Brett Cyrgalis. If none of that seems to make much sense and the connection between

Seven Long Island courses make Golf Magazine’s World Top 100 for 2021-22

18-hole, 18-hole, Bethpage, In the News, Nassau Courses, North Shore/Central, Suffolk Courses

Just ahead of Thanksgiving, Golf Magazine has reminded Long Island golfers that there are plenty of reasons to be grateful this holiday season.  Seven reasons, to be exact — that's the number of Long Island golf destinations included on Golf's list of Top 100 Courses in the World for 2021-22. Most notable for public players,

End-of-season scramble on tap at Island’s End in November

18-hole, Suffolk Courses

November is cool-weather scramble season on Long Island, highlighted by the cornucopia of turkey-themed team events that are scheduled around Thanksgiving (more on those to come next week).  A little short of Thanksgiving week, Island's End will host a scramble of its own as it draws the 2021 season to a close. The Greenport course's

New book by Tillinghast biographer credits Burbeck as one of the “geniuses” behind Bethpage

18-hole, Bethpage, Nassau Courses, North Shore/Central, Origins, Voices of Long Island Golf

Phil Young traces his love for the golf courses at Bethpage State Park to his early rounds as a teenager in the late 1960s, first on the Blue Course, then the famed Black.  Like plenty that came before him and many more after, he was first staggered by the Black while looking through the trees

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