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A New Decade of Long Island Golf, Part 1 — A changed landscape, on and off the course

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ALSO SEE:Part 2 — Developing lifelong players as time runs low and Long Islanders leavePart 3 — Finding a new voice for courses as marketing evolves in the age of social media Another decade of Long Island golf is coming to a close — the thirteenth, to be exact, since the first shots went airborne […]

Winter course closings begin this weekend

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December arrives this weekend and with it comes the first wave of Long Island course closings for the 2019-20 offseason. Bethpage Red will close for the season at the close of play on Sunday, December 1, as will the Green Course, which typically remains open as needed during the winter.  Bethpage Blue and Yellow will

Long Island Press announces nominees for “Best Golf Course” in 2020 survey

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Bethpage State Park rarely loses any kind of Long Island golf popularity contest — in fact, it's won nothing but gold in the "Best of Long Island" reader survey conducted each year by the Long Island Press.  Still, this fall, more than a dozen public courses and private clubs have an opportunity to knock Bethpage

Glen Cove, Cherry Creek and other aeration updates around Long Island

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Glen Cove Golf Club will close on Tuesday, September 10 and Wednesday, September 11 for aeration.  The course will reopen for play on Thursday, September 12. Here are some other upcoming aeration dates for public golf courses on Long Island: Cherry Creek – Woods Course:  September 17Bethpage – Green Course:  September 17-18Bergen Point:  October 1-2Bethpage

August aeration at Timber Point, Bethpage

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Long Island golf courses are beginning to schedule aeration for late summer and fall, with some about to get underway this month.  Timber Point Golf Course will aerate its three nines this week, beginning with the Blue Course on Tuesday, August 20.  The courses will close as follows: August 20:  Blue CourseAugust 21:  Red CourseAugust

Junior golfers play free this Saturday at New York State Parks courses

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Take your junior golfers to the nearest state park for nine or 18 holes this Saturday — New York State is picking up the green fee. This Saturday, July 20, is Free Youth Golf Day, a statewide event that Governor Andrew Cuomo announced this spring as New York welcomed the PGA Championship to the crown

Bethpage and Montauk named to Golfweek’s 2019 “Best Courses You Can Play” list

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Golfweek released its 2019 Best Courses You Can Play ranking last month, a familiar list of various New York golf courses all filling in spots in the state's top 15 behind the long-untouched leader, Bethpage Black. Bethpage Black, Bethpage Red and Montauk Downs once again represent Long Island in Golfweek's annual ranking of the top

Here’s how to make your way to next month’s PGA at Bethpage

Bethpage, In the News

Heading to next month's PGA Championship at Bethpage Black?  There are a number of ways to get to Bethpage for the tournament, none of which include driving straight to the park (or '30s-era horse-and-buggy service from Farmingdale, as pictured below).  With crowds swelling in anticipation of another Tiger Woods major, be sure to prepare yourself

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