The curtain is closing at Bethpage — the Black and Red courses will both be packed up for the winter by the time November comes to an end. The last day to play Bethpage Black is Sunday, November 23. One week later, Bethpage Red will close for the season on Sunday, November 30. As usual, […]
There are ways each year to keep Long Island's golf courses in mind even when the playing season is on its last legs and the golf clubs are slowly making their way into storage. One of them is to check in at the Long Island Press website to see which courses are finalists for "Best
Bethpage is getting set for late-season aeration, and the Blue Course is the first one of the five scheduled for treatment. Bethpage Blue will be closed for aeration this coming Monday, August 25 and Tuesday, August 26. Following the Blue next month are the Yellow Course (September 16-17) and the Black Course (September 22-23). Later
Golfweek announced its annual ranking of America's Best Municipal Courses last month and the Black Course at Bethpage State Park found itself in a very familiar place — at the top. Bethpage Black is the top muni in the country for the sixth year in a row according to Golfweek, and as usual, the Black's
Easter Sunday is the last chance — for now — to get a smooth roll over Lido Golf Club's greens before April aeration begins. The course will be aerating its greens on Monday, April 21 through Friday, April 25. Up north at Bethpage, the Yellow Course will be closed for aeration on April 22 and
Golfweek placed Bethpage Black and Red, Tallgrass and Montauk Downs in its annual Best Courses You Can Play listing back in 2010, and since then, the four courses haven't budged. For the fifth straight year, this Long Island foursome landed in Golfweek's ranking of the best public courses in New York State. Golfweek released the
Despite the poor winter weather, the Black and Red courses at Bethpage State Park are slated to reopen on their typical April schedule. Bethpage Black will open for the 2014 season on April 12, according to a park announcement. The Red Course will open April 1. Bethpage's other three courses — two of which, the
There is light at the end of this long, cold tunnel — the spring golf season is about to start on Long Island. Opening Day for some of Long Island's seasonal golf courses is only a week away. Spring will be greeted with a hero's welcome following an offseason that began with an ominous forecast
The Black Course at Bethpage State Park doesn't get any action during the winter season, but it does get plenty of accolades. Around the same time that the Long Island Press announced Bethpage as the "Best Golf Course" survey winner for the seventh straight year, Golf Digest put out another of its offseason course rankings,
In the spirit of the Winter Olympics currently underway in Sochi, Bethpage State Park and its famed Black Course have taken home the gold yet again in the annual Long Island Press "Best of LI" poll, with Rock Hill Golf & Country Club and Eisenhower Park occupying familiar spots on the medal stand. Long Island