Course Promos and Updates

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

18-hole, 18-hole, 9-hole, 9-hole, Course Promos and Updates, For Beginners, Nassau Courses, North Shore/Central, South Shore, Suffolk Courses

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

9-hole, Coronavirus, Course Promos and Updates, For Beginners, Nassau Courses, South Shore

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

Bethpage spring opening and aeration dates

18-hole, Bethpage, Course Promos and Updates, For Beginners, Nassau Courses, North Shore/Central

March 9, 2020

After a fluky 2019 when the Bethpage State Park golf courses were partially and temporarily reopened in advance of the PGA Championship, it's back to regular business for the park in 2020. Over the next few weeks, reopenings of the Green, Red and Black courses will bring the facility back up to full capacity. First,

St. Patrick’s Day holiday scramble on the slate at Mill Pond

18-hole, Course Promos and Updates, Suffolk Courses

March 7, 2020

Corned beef, cabbage, beer, birdie putts — they all come together on or around St. Patrick's Day each year at a couple of Long Island golf courses that celebrate the holiday with chilly, Irish-themed outings. One of them is Mill Pond Golf Course in Medford, which will hold this year's outing on St. Pattie's Day

2020 public golf course reopen dates on Long Island

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March 5, 2020

It's natural for golfers emerging from the winter to look ahead to The Masters in April as the unofficial start of the new golf season. But there are dates to mark on the calendar far ahead of the pros' tee times at Augusta — the mid- to late March reopening dates at Long Island's handful

Riverhead Chamber offering discounts on eight East End rounds

18-hole, 9-hole, Course Promos and Updates, For Beginners, Suffolk Courses

February 11, 2020

East End golfers can save a pretty penny on a handful of Riverhead-area rounds this season thanks to an annual promotion by the Riverhead Chamber of Commerce. The Riverhead Chamber is once again offering its seasonal Golf Book, good for eight rounds total at two participating courses. The discount package is available for $240, or

Winter Golf on Long Island: 2019-2020 Edition

18-hole, 18-hole, 9-hole, 9-hole, Bethpage, Course Promos and Updates, For Beginners, Nassau Courses, North Shore/Central, South Shore, Suffolk Courses

January 11, 2020

It doesn't matter what the calendar says — when weekend temperatures are hovering around 60 degrees and the sun is shining, it's a weekend to think about golf. And not just golf on TV as the pros get tan in Hawaii and California. It's time for playing golf, at least for those who haven't buried

Timber Point closed for the season

18-hole, 9-hole, Course Promos and Updates, Suffolk Courses

December 12, 2019

The sudden arrival of mid-winter weather has pushed Timber Point Golf Course into an early offseason hibernation. The Suffolk muni typically holds out until the end of the calendar year, but the course announced it is officially closed until spring due to this week's snow and frigid temps. Timber Point usually reopens by mid-March. Be

Winter course closings begin this weekend

18-hole, 18-hole, Bethpage, Course Promos and Updates, Nassau Courses, North Shore/Central, South Shore, Suffolk Courses

November 30, 2019

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

Holiday menu filled with Long Island golf outings this Thanksgiving season

18-hole, 18-hole, Course Promos and Updates, For Beginners, Nassau Courses, North Shore/Central, Suffolk Courses

November 17, 2019

Thanksgiving is all about spending time with family and friends while picking away at a hearty spread of goodies, but only the winter golfer is aware that Thanksgiving is also known for spending time with family and friends while hacking away at frosty fairways in one of many holiday golf outings. Turkey Day is essentially

Golf on Long Island

A Golfer's Internet Guide to the Public Courses of Nassau & Suffolk