Golf on Long Island

A Golfer's Internet Guide to the Public Courses of Nassau & Suffolk

Bethpage

Bethpage adjusts tee-time policies in attempt to combat automated bot reservations

18-hole, Bethpage, Course Promos and Updates, In the News, Nassau Courses, North Shore/Central

Starting May 1, Bethpage State Park will implement several new policy measures that officials hope will discourage users from utilizing automated methods to gain unfair access to tee times. The park announced this weekend that the $5 online reservation fee normally collected at check-in will instead be charged as a booking fee and collected at […]

2025 Summer Golf Camps on Long Island

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

Golf courses are full, empty stalls at the driving range are often hard to find, and open slots at junior golf camps tend to disappear fast.  Participation in golf remains incredibly high, and more players see the lifelong value of making professional instruction available to new and experienced junior golfers. On Long Island, summer camp

What to know about Bethpage course schedules, closures and modifications ahead of the 2025 Ryder Cup

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

It's going to be a unique season at Bethpage State Park.  Unlike past years when the Black Course hosted a U.S. Open or PGA Championship before the summer officially arrived, the presence of late September's Ryder Cup will loom over the whole complex for the entirety of the playing season.  Ryder Cup festivities begin on

2025 golf course reopening dates on Long Island

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

As most local golfers know, March is reopening month on Long Island.  Sure, it’s still barely above freezing outside and the ground is mush, but as far as cold-weather players are concerned, that’s what hand warmers and golf spikes are for. Long Island’s seasonal golf courses are getting set to stick the pins back in

Bethpage Black and Red land in GOLF Magazine’s Top 100 Courses You Can Play

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

Another list of top public golf courses, another chance for Bethpage State Park's marquee layout to shine.  Bethpage Black is featured near the top of the latest course ranking, this time GOLF.com/GOLF Magazine's 2024-2025 list of Top 100 Courses You Can Play, though for once the Black Course is forced to step back and cede

2024 closing dates at Long Island’s public golf courses

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 handful of public golf courses that close for the Long Island winter typically go dark between the end of Thanksgiving weekend and the middle of December.  Some might hang on until Christmas week if warm weather lingers, but usually the only courses still open by then are the ones that welcome players year-round. So,

Expect short rough and deep tees at next year’s Ryder Cup, say Bethpage, Cup officials

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

Prepare to see massive drives and aggressive lines at next fall's Bethpage Black Ryder Cup. The Black Course's notoriously lush rough, what the pros typically encounter during championship play at Bethpage, will be rocking quite the buzzcut when the Ryder Cup tees off nearly a year from now in late September 2025.  More notably, it

Bethpage Red, Montauk Downs highlighted on Golf Magazine’s affordability list

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

Two of Long Island's top public golf courses known for being hard on scorecards recently earned some praise from Golf Magazine for going easy on golfers' wallets. Bethpage State Park's Red Course and Montauk Downs both made the cut in Golf Mag's 2024 list of America's best golf courses for $100 or less, "where memorability

Golf on Long Island

A Golfer's Internet Guide to the Public Courses of Nassau & Suffolk

All content published on this site, including written entries and golf course photography, is the property of Phil Carlucci and Golf On Long Island. All rights reserved.
For permission to use photographs or text excerpts in your website or publication, please contact Golf On Long Island at phil@golfonlongisland.com.
Copyright © 2025 Golf On Long Island.
Scroll to Top