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Coronavirus Uppost_date: Bethpage Red, Timber Point open

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The local public golf scene continues to represent some semblance of normalcy on Long Island, even with its slew of social-distancing measures that have been implemented at all open courses over the past two weeks.  Bethpage State Park's Red Course reopened on schedule yesterday.  Word from several GOLI readers is that the spaced-out tee sheet […]

Coronavirus Uppost_date: Most courses open for play

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A lengthy list of public and municipal golf courses around Long Island announced Tuesday that they will reopen for play — some today, some tomorrow — with social-distancing precautions in place to ensure the safety of players. What looked like a statewide shutdown of public golf on Monday morning quickly reversed within hours once the

Coronavirus uppost_date: With NYS reopening park courses, non-munis plan to reopen too

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When the sun rose this morning it seemed Long Island golfers would have nowhere to play for the foreseeable future.  And now as the first day of New York State's non-essential business shutdown draws to a close, local golfers will have an unexpectedly broad selection of places to play starting again tomorrow. New York State

Coronavirus Uppost_date: Bethpage, Montauk, Sunken Meadow to remain open after all

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New York State municipal golf courses — Bethpage, Montauk Downs and Sunken Meadow — will in fact remain open for play, starting again tomorrow, with heightened social-distancing restrictions in place. To increase safety, the parks will stretch the interval between tee times, eliminate bunker rakes and ball washers, and limit use of golf carts.  Each

Coronavirus Uppost_date: County munis closed

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County-operated municipal golf courses have shut down until further notice to comply with Governor Andrew Cuomo's order to close all non-essential businesses, which went into effect last night. Nassau munis at Eisenhower Park, North Woodmere, Cantiague, Christopher Morley and Bay Park are all closed, effective today, according to a phone message on the Eisenhower golf

Coronavirus Uppost_date: State park courses closed

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Golf courses at New York State parks will be closed starting tomorrow, despite the announcement earlier this weekend that park courses would remain open with social-distancing measures in place. Locally, that means Bethpage, Montauk Downs and Sunken Meadow will join other non-municipal courses around Long Island and close to golfers for an unspecified length of

Coronavirus Uppost_date: Closures, delays as business shutdown approaches

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The latest from Long Island's public golf courses as the statewide shutdown of non-essential businesses ordered by Governor Andrew Cuomo begins tonight: Spring Lake Golf Club in Coram will close at the end of play this evening. Crab Meadow Golf Course in Northport — a Town of Huntington municipal course — will be closed this

Coronavirus uppost_date: Courses at NYS parks to remain open during shutdown, others to close

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New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on Friday that all non-essential businesses will be forced to close this coming Sunday in an effort to contain the spread of coronavirus.  Municipal golf courses at New York State parks, however, will remain open with social-distancing restrictions in place. Beginning Sunday, the Blue, Green and Yellow courses

Coronavirus Uppost_date: Stonebridge open with precautions, Simplay closed

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Add Stonebridge Golf Links to the list of Long Island golf courses taking extra non-contact precautions to keep players safe on and around the course.  According to head pro Iain Wilson, the course is implementing the following changes: Golf carts are being disinfected before a round and after Cups have been raised so no flag

Coronavirus Uppost_date: Courses implementing social-distancing changes while staying open for play

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There's good news for Long Island golfers amid the current health crisis — local golf courses are among the last holdouts in a region where staying safely at home is the new norm.  Both Nassau and Suffolk have kept their county parks and golf courses open — for now — for relatively safe outdoor recreation. 

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