Rounds at Bergen Point Golf Course will have a different feel starting this season, especially as each nine comes to a close. The Suffolk County municipal course in West Babylon made significant changes to two of its holes during the offseason, trimming its par-4 ninth hole to a mid-range par-3 and stretching its closing hole […]
It won't take long for Bethpage golfers to catch a glimpse of something new when they return to the course for the first time in 2023. One of the main offseason renovations at the park — carried out with the 2025 Ryder Cup in mind — took place right behind the clubhouse near the start
[UPpost_date: X-Golf Westbury is scheduled to open March 10.] Nassau County is about to get its first taste of the modern golf and entertainment experience that recently has popped up farther east in places like Holtsville, Patchogue and Commack. And it will arrive in a spot that's no stranger to the metallic echoes of drivers
Riverhead's Sandy Pond Golf Course is taking a rare winter break this offseason, and when it reopens in March, it will do so with a new name, a modernized logo and an ownership group looking to blend the old with the new. Brian Stark, one of the new controlling owners of the rebranded Sandy Pond
The countdown has begun at Bethpage Black. Long Island's top public golf course will close for the season at the conclusion of play on Sunday, November 13. It will reopen for the 2023 season in mid April. Meanwhile, the Black's two neighboring courses are also preparing for winter hibernation, though they will remain open a
The Rock came back to Wading River, and in a surprise move earlier this month, the club turned heel. Just two months after its long-awaited reopening, The Rock Golf Club has slammed the door shut on the public players that it wooed back with promises of an all-inclusive member-for-a-day experience and elevated perks. The course
[This schedule was updated on September 22, 2022.] September is aeration month at Long Island golf courses, and maintenance dates are good to know for local players planning their late-summer and fall rounds. The following public golf courses will be closed for play (unless otherwise noted) while undergoing fairway and/or greens aeration. All dates below
The Black Course at Bethpage State Park is set to host the Metropolitan Golf Association's 107th Met Open, which tees off with its first of three 18-hole rounds on Tuesday, August 23. This is the fourth time Bethpage Black is hosting the famed local tournament. The MGA Met Open features 18-hole rounds on Tuesday, Wednesday
Finally, The Rock has come back to Wading River. Excuse the early-2000s wrestling reference, but it works. The Rock Golf Club, the rebranded and rejuvenated course formerly known as Great Rock, will reopen for play this Friday, July 1, after nearly three years out of Long Island's golf rotation. The course will be open to
Like a rush on tee times at Bethpage and Montauk Downs, you can always count on the two state-park facilities finding their way onto Golfweek's annual list of top public golf courses. Golfweek released its 2022 Best Courses You Can Play list earlier this month, a collection of rankings highlighting the elite publicly accessible courses