Course Promos and Updates

End of season approaching at many Long Island golf courses

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December 7, 2020

December is closing time on the Island, meaning the busiest and most bizarre Long Island golf season in the recent past is coming to an end, at least for those courses that operate on a seasonal basis. This week is the last opportunity to book rounds at a handful of popular public courses in the […]

Shotgun outings at Wind Watch, Willow Creek on Thanksgiving

18-hole, Course Promos and Updates, Suffolk Courses

November 21, 2020

Sister courses Wind Watch in Hauppauge and Willow Creek Mount Sinai will host Thanksgiving shotgun outings this Thursday morning, November 26. First to tee off is Willow Creek, where the shotgun start is scheduled for 8:00 a.m. The Wind Watch outing will tee off an hour later at 9 a.m. Both events are $69 per

Thanksgiving-themed outings coming up at Cherry Creek, Pine Hills

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November 18, 2020

Riverhead-area golfers can roll out of bed and onto the tee at Cherry Creek this Thanksgiving morning, with a shotgun start planned bright and early next week. Cherry Creek's annual Turkey Shootout will begin at 8:00 a.m. next Thursday, November 26 on the Links Course, home of Long Island's only par-6. The outing includes hot

Thanksgiving Day Scramble at Timber Point

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November 17, 2020

Not long after one "Tradition Unlike Any Other" at Augusta comes another one on Long Island — Thanksgiving Day golf outings. Timber Point will host its annual holiday scramble at 9:00 a.m. on Thanksgiving morning, November 26. Format is four-person scramble played over nine holes, with pro shop gift cards given to the top team

Bethpage Black to close November 16, Red and Green to follow

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November 5, 2020

[UPpost_date: Bethpage Black will remain open an extra week until November 22, thanks to favorable weather conditions.] Normally the sights and sounds of Augusta inspire the first rusty golf swings of a new season. In the bizarre golf year of 2020, Bethpage Black will shut down for the winter in the week following The Masters.

Fall aeration underway around Long Island

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September 15, 2020

We're at the height of fall aeration season on Long Island's public courses. Fall maintenance is underway or recently completed at many local courses, so be aware of potentially sandy greens and fairways when booking tee times this month. The Red Course at Eisenhower Park is currently closed for aeration and will reopen for play

Fall aeration starts next week at Bethpage

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August 29, 2020

The calendar turns to September next week and Bethpage State Park is wasting no time beginning fall aeration across its five golf courses. The Green Course will be the first Bethpage 18 to temporarily close for seasonal maintenance. Green will be out of the rotation on September 2 and 3. Bethpage's other four courses will

Kids play free at Spring Lake this summer

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July 3, 2020

Spring Lake Golf Club is reaching out with a deal that offers two benefits in the pandemic summer of 2020 — it gets the kids out of the house and you onto the golf course. On Wednesdays and Thursdays in July and August, kids under the age of 14 play for free with one paying

Nine courses participating in Golfing Mag’s 2020 “Free Golf” Program

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June 6, 2020

As the unique, contact-free Long Island golf season of 2020 hums along, a familiar figure of pre-pandemic normalcy — Golfing Magazine's "Free Golf" certificate — makes its way to area mailboxes once again. Golfing Mag's 2020 Free Golf program includes nine Long Island golf courses, ranging from nine-hole munis to the region's most scenic waterfront

Bay Park, Merrick open for play

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May 22, 2020

The last remaining Long Island public golf courses to start their pandemic-era spring seasons have finally opened for play. After an extended offseason, Bay Park Golf Course, a Nassau County muni, and the Town of Hempstead's Merrick Road Park Golf Course are open for pre-booked rounds only — a distinct change for two courses that

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