For Beginners

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

All Long Island public golf courses open except two Nassau municipal courses

9-hole, Coronavirus, For Beginners, Nassau Courses, South Shore

May 15, 2020

With tomorrow's scheduled reopening of Harbor Links' Executive Course, all but two of Long Island's public golf courses are back open for play in a 2020 spring season where tee times are scarce and social-distance regulations are firm. Bay Park and Merrick Road Park, municipal nine-hole courses owned by Nassau County and the Town of

Coronavirus Uppost_date: More courses set to reopen May 1

18-hole, 9-hole, Coronavirus, For Beginners, In the News, Suffolk Courses

April 29, 2020

By the end of this week all but a tiny handful of Long Island's public golf courses will be open for play with a variety of social-distancing measures in place. This Friday, May 1, Island's End Golf Course in Greenport and the Town of Huntington municipal courses at Crab Meadow and Dix Hills Park will

Coronavirus Uppost_date: Suffolk County munis reopening this week

18-hole, 9-hole, Coronavirus, For Beginners, In the News, Suffolk Courses

April 26, 2020

A recent Newsday article indicated that Suffolk County would follow the lead of New York State when it came to making golf courses open again for play, and that's exactly how the county's golf relaunch is taking place. Following the state's decision late last week to reopen its golf courses, Suffolk County announced that West

Coronavirus Uppost_date: State, county munis begin to reopen

18-hole, 18-hole, 9-hole, 9-hole, Bethpage, Coronavirus, For Beginners, In the News, Nassau Courses, North Shore/Central, South Shore, Suffolk Courses

April 25, 2020

New York State municipal golf courses on Long Island — Bethpage, Montauk Downs and Sunken Meadow — will reopen for play on Monday, April 27, with social-distancing guidelines in place. Bethpage's Black Course will follow with its 2020 reopening on Friday, May 1. Starting that day, four Bethpage courses will be open daily. On the

Coronavirus Uppost_date: Oyster Bay muni open, Cedars sells first tee time

18-hole, 9-hole, Bethpage, Coronavirus, For Beginners, Nassau Courses, North Shore/Central, Suffolk Courses

April 24, 2020

While New York State, Nassau County and Suffolk County municipal golf courses remain closed, along with other city- and town-owned courses around Long Island, the Town of Oyster Bay will reopen its 18-hole muni in Woodbury today, weather permitting. First tee time at Oyster Bay will be 7:00 a.m.; twilight rates will be offered from

Golf On Long Island’s “Suffolk 18” – 2020 Edition

18-hole, 9-hole, For Beginners, Suffolk Courses

April 13, 2020

Following the recent update to our "Nassau 18" for 2020, the latest collection of best or most notable holes in Suffolk County — Golf On Long Island's "Suffolk 18" — is now available as well. Even though the original Suffolk 18 was posted a relatively short time ago in 2017, there's since been significant turnover

Golf On Long Island’s “Nassau 18” – 2020 Edition

18-hole, 9-hole, Bethpage, For Beginners, Nassau Courses, North Shore/Central, South Shore

March 31, 2020

It's been just about nine years since the first edition of Golf On Long Island's "Nassau 18" was published back in spring 2011, and with little else to talk about in local golf except what's open and what's closed during the battle against coronavirus, now's a great time for version 2.0. Besides, with no sports

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,

Golf on Long Island

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