One week after Hurricane Sandy toppled trees all over the complex, nine of Bethpage State Park's 90 golf holes reopened for play on Monday. The back nine of the Yellow Course is open to walk-ups only. No reservations are being taken. Be aware that Yellow #10, a par-5, is currently playing as a par-3 as […]
Except for a dark, frigid front desk (kudos to the bundled-up employees manning the windows) and the occasional sighting of grounds crew gathering fallen limbs and branches, all seemed normal from tee to green at Eisenhower Park's Blue Course on Sunday, where golfers could step out onto the fairway under blue skies and imagine a
This from a Golf On Long Island reader, Mark L., who took his two wheels through the gates and onto Bethpage State Park's (damaged) bike trail last week to check out the conditions left behind by Hurricane Sandy on the back side of the complex: "The bicycle trails in the woods are completely destroyed. I
The Blue Course at Timber Point, which took a damaging shot from Hurricane Irene barely more than a year ago, is closed until sometime in 2013 after suffering an even bigger blow from last week's Hurricane Sandy. Timber Point sits on the edge of a peninsula that juts into Great South Bay, and the Blue
The Links Course at Cherry Creek is open for play, while its companion course across the street — the Woods — remains closed due to severe tree damage. Phone and web service are still down so no advance tee times are available. The nine-hole course at Dix Hills Park reopened Saturday, but Town of Huntington
The Blue and White courses at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow are open for play on Saturday, November 3. The Red Course remains closed. Also open again for play in Nassau County is the nine-hole course at Cantiague Park. The driving range there is open, as well.
Rock Hill Golf Club and Pine Hills Country Club in Manorville are open for play, joining a handful of other courses in the Manorville and Riverhead areas and across Suffolk County. Also open for play are the two former Hamlet (now ClubCorp) courses — Willow Creek Golf & Country Club in Mount Sinai and Wind
The Red, White and Blue courses at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow remain closed on Friday. The staff hopes to have the courses cleaned up and ready for golf this weekend. If you just want to take some swings, the driving range is open. Bethpage State Park's five golf courses are closed indefinitely. (All state
On the clubhouse side of Round Swamp Road, in Bethpage State Park's lower valley, a few scattered fallen trees dot an otherwise untouched landscape. On the other side, where the Black Course and Green Course continue on in isolation, the visible effects of Hurricane Sandy are more prolific. The fairway leading to the elevated green
Despite their inland locations, the Town of Islip golf courses at Brentwood Country Club and Holbrook Country Club are closed until further notice, as well as the 27-hole Middle Island Country Club. Middle Island hopes to be open by Saturday. Down on the water, the highly vulnerable Timber Point and Bergen Point golf courses are