The Black Course at Bethpage State Park is currently closed for fall aeration. It will reopen on Friday, September 27. Next up for fall maintenance at Bethpage is the Yellow Course, which will be closed on October 1-2. For Bethpage's full aeration schedule, check here.
Four of the five golf courses at Bethpage State Park will be aerated in September and October. (Aeration on the Blue Course is already finished.) First up on the schedule is the Black Course later this month. Bethpage courses will be closed for fall aeration on the following dates: Black Course: September 23-26Yellow Course: October
Bethpage Black, which hosted the U.S. Open Championships in 2002 and 2009, will be the home of the 2019 PGA Championship and 2024 Ryder Cup, according to a Golfweek report. An official announcement is expected this week, possibly as soon as today, said the report. The Black Course has been associated with New York's golf-crazed,
There is rarely any suspense when it comes to the Long Island imprint on Golfweek's annual ranking of America's Best Municipal Courses. Bethpage Black is usually at the top, followed a few tiers below by neighbor Bethpage Red and Montauk Downs. Change is found only in the number next to the latter two. Golfweek
Believe it or not, there's a way for the junior golfer in your life to play Augusta National that doesn't require trespassing or becoming the world's youngest corporate bigwig. As told to the national viewing audience this week by Jim Nantz and Nick Faldo, junior golfers across the country can compete for the chance to
[Newsday published a correction in its April 17 print edition for the use of misinformation in its April 7 feature. Read the correction here.] While there's no way to dispute that rounds are down from previous highs and that Long Island golf courses are competing for customer dollars against additional and often cheaper leisure alternatives,
Spring aeration begins next week at Bethpage State Park. The Yellow Course is first in line. Aeration is scheduled for Monday, April 1 and Tuesday, April 2. The Red Course, which opened for the 2013 season earlier today, will be aerated starting Monday, April 8. Following Red is the Blue Course on April 15-16 and
The Black Course at Bethpage State Park will reopen for the 2013 season on Saturday, April 13, according to park information. As usual, the Red Course will get a two-week headstart on the Black. It will open for play on Friday, March 29. Both courses closed earlier than usual in 2012 due to the effects
It's a four-peat for one Long Island foursome. Bethpage Black, Bethpage Red, Tallgrass and Montauk Downs cracked Golfweek's list of best public courses together in 2010, and three surveys later — the 2013 best-in-state rankings were announced by the magazine earlier this week — the quartet remains intact. Golfweek's 2013 list of the Best Courses
The spring golf season can't come soon enough. Every first tee shot that rises into the air at reopened public golf courses across Long Island is an indication that the offseason brought on prematurely and in swift, sudden fashion by Hurricane Sandy is finally in the past. And the coming spring signals rebirth for a