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Citing “unprecedented demand,” Bethpage announces changes to reservation system and tee-time policies

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Bethpage State Park has heard the ongoing complaints about the fairness and circumvention of its tee-time reservation policies and is now taking steps to address them. In an email distributed earlier today, Bethpage announced several changes to its reservation system and policies, all scheduled to go into effect next Monday, June 24.  The main change, […]

Bethpage Black opens 2024 season with bunker tweaks, irrigation upgrades

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Players who went looking for a one-on-one fight with Bethpage Black on the golf course's opening day were instead met with an ambush by briskly cold temperatures and a brutal, relentless wind.  But the surprises weren't all bad ’97 waiting on the first tee for some of the park's morning players was the Ryder Cup,

2024 golf course reopen dates on Long Island

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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

2023 closing dates at Long Island’s seasonal golf courses

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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

Thanksgiving 2023 golf events scheduled around Long Island

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[This list was updated on November 7, 2023.] We haven't even started trick-or-treating yet, but it's time to focus on Thanksgiving golf.  That is, if you want to actually lock down a spot in what are usually very popular events. Local players know Thanksgiving is essentially "last call" for Long Island golf season.  Conditions might

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