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Bethpage courses closed for Open prep

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Today is the last day to tee off on the Blue, Green, Red and Yellow courses at Bethpage before final preparations for the U.S. Open shut the complex down to the public.  They will reopen for play on Wednesday, June 24. Bethpage Black will host U.S. Open championship play from Thursday, June 18 to Sunday, […]

Flyover: Sunken Meadow State Park – Red Course

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The New York State Parks system operates six golf facilities on Long Island, with Bethpage its most notable and Montauk Downs not too far behind.  In between, up on the Long Island Sound in Kings Park, are the nine-hole Red, Blue and Green courses of Sunken Meadow State Park.   The Red course, at 3,133 yards

Reader postcard from Merrick Road Park

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Loyal Golf On Long Island reader Corey W. from Manhattan dropped by the golf course at Merrick Road Park for a quick nine last weekend while in town for a wedding, and was nice enough to provide his take on the course and its conditions.  Corey, who says he normally plays in the Bronx at

Bethpage Black closed until June 27

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Bethpage Black's abbreviated spring season came to an end this weekend as final preparations begin for the return of the U.S. Open to Long Island.  The course will host golf's national championship from Thursday, June 18 to Sunday, June 21, and will reopen to the public on June 27. The other four Bethpage courses will

Fathers Day Golf & Brunch at Spring Lake

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Honor your father by treating him to nine relaxing holes and a holiday brunch at the Spring Lake Golf Club in Middle Island on Fathers Day, June 21.  Home of the 18-hole Thunderbird and nine-hole Sandpiper courses, Spring Lake is offering this holiday package for $45 per person, cart included.  Tee times will be reserved

Flyover: Dix Hills Golf Club

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[NOTE:  Dix Hills Golf Club has closed.] The shaded cabin at the Dix Hills Golf Club, with its weathered, throwback signage and gravel driveway, is a pleasant place to start a round of golf.  What hides behind it — literally — is far from pleasant, unless you consider hacking up and out of a 40-foot

Ten-round special available at Stonebridge

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The Stonebridge Golf Links & Country Club is offering a package deal to the public this season, ten rounds at the semi-private course in Smithtown for a discounted rate of $450, cart included.  That works out to the equivalent of ten rounds at Stonebridge's twilight rate, or about 35% off the standard weekday greens fee.

Bay Park, North Woodmere now open all week

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The Bay Park and North Woodmere Park golf courses are now open seven days a week, as of early May.  Both Nassau County-operated nine-hole courses have typically been closed one day each week for maintenance.  Under the new schedule, the courses will open at 9:00 a.m. on their former off days — Bay Park on

Flyover: Dix Hills Park Golf Course

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[This flyover was updated on December 14, 2021.] SEE ALSO:  Observations: Dix Hills Park Golf Course, 10/14/2010 The hamlet of Dix Hills in western Suffolk County once featured a pair of nine-hole options for casual, no-frills golf, but after the Dix Hills Golf Club closed in 2012 to make way for upscale residences, the Dix

Holbrook CC now open on Tuesdays

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Beginning next week, the Holbrook Country Club will be open for regular play on Tuesdays, a day typically reserved only for golf outings.  All golfers will be free to play at Holbrook unless an outing is scheduled.  As of today, the next two Tuesdays — May 19 and 26 — are outing-free.  A schedule will

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