Bethpage State Park's seasonal golf course trio ’97 Green, Red and Black ’97 will soon begin its gradual reopening for 2024, starting with the Green Course on Saturday, March 16. The Red Course will reopen for play on Saturday, March 30, and Bethpage Black will follow two weeks later on Saturday, April 13. Bethpage's Blue […]
It took an extra day to get here this year, but today is the start of Reopening Month. March is when Long Island's seasonal golf courses put the pro-shop lights back on, stick the pins into the cups and start taking tee times. Except for Bethpage Black, just about every golf course on Long Island
December is golf's closing month on Long Island, which might come as news to the many players who pack the clubs away before Halloween. It's true ’97 plenty of people play golf well into December, if not the whole year round. A handful of courses, though, don't join them, and instead lock the doors and
This morning begins one of the final weekends of the 2023 season for the Black Course at Bethpage State Park. And for once it's not pouring rain. Bethpage posted its November schedule last week, which includes closing dates for the Black, Red and Green golf courses. The Black Course will close at the end of
When the final putt drops at the 2023 Ryder Cup in Rome on Sunday, Bethpage State Park will officially be on the clock. Two years and counting until the next Ryder Cup will be awarded on Long Island at the "People's Country Club." New York State is expecting approximately 225,000 fans from around the globe
Late summer means angled afternoon sunlight, earlier twilight hours and posted aeration schedules. And Bethpage State Park is typically among the quickest to announce its seasonal maintenance dates. Bethpage will have much of its course aeration done before fall officially arrives. First to close for conditioning will be the Blue Course, which will briefly shut
Golf Digest's measured rollout of its 2023-24 Best In State golf-course rankings made its way to New York last week, and Long Island — "one of the world's most desirable pieces of golf terrain," according to the mag — dominates the list. The top three courses and seven of the top 10 are located right
[Looking for this year's camp info? See the Guide to 2025 Summer Golf Camps on Long Island.] Golf participation remains at a high level following the Covid spike, meaning spots at local junior golf camps are still in elevated demand. Junior golfers of all ages and skill levels have a wealth of options at Long
The golf courses at Bethpage State Park are fully open for the 2023 season, but there are some upcoming spring aeration dates to be aware of before making plans for tee times. Bethpage Yellow will be the first to close for maintenance next week on April 24 and 25. The Black Course was already aerated
It won't take long for Bethpage golfers to catch a glimpse of something new when they return to the course for the first time in 2023. One of the main offseason renovations at the park — carried out with the 2025 Ryder Cup in mind — took place right behind the clubhouse near the start