The Town of Hempstead has reduced Lido Golf Club green fees by 50 percent for players who visit the course during long-overdue renovations that began last month. Hempstead Town Supervisor John Ferretti announced the discounted rates at a June 12 news conference held at the Lido Beach course. Renovations at the course include reconstruction of […]
Shinnecock Hills and its equally photogenic neighbors at National Golf Links of America, Sebonack and Southampton received plenty of love and adoration during this month’s U.S. Open, though all of Long Island golf shared a bit of the spotlight amid the tournament coverage. In the lead-up to the Open, Golf Digest ranked the best courses
The Black Course at Bethpage State Park will open for the 2026 season on April 15. Online reservations for the course will be available starting tonight on the New York State Parks website. Black’s reopening next week means four of the park’s five courses will be operating as usual by mid-April, though some remain limited
When the driving range at Bethpage State Park reopens to golfers later this spring, it will look nothing like it did before. Most importantly to many Bethpage golfers, it will sound nothing like before either. Bethpage’s practice facility is currently undergoing a major reconstruction project focusing on the installation of modern Inrange hitting bays and
There are signs of spring after all — golf course reopening dates. St. Patrick’s Day is typically the unofficial reopening day for Long Island’s seasonal golf courses, but a true winter complete with blizzards and subzero temps has changed the outlook in 2026. Nevertheless, Long Island’s golf courses are preparing to launch for spring, even
If you need a little sunshine during this snowy, icy golf offseason, the newly released top-100 lists put out by GOLF Magazine/GOLF.com and Links Magazine have all the bright, lush golf course imagery you’re looking for. There, Bethpage Black’s fourth-hole glacier bunker lives frozen in time, not snow, at the height of summer, amid green
Registration is open for the Drive, Chip & Putt Championship, an annual event that gives junior golfers the opportunity to put their golf skills to the test and compete for a prized spot at Augusta National next spring on the eve of the 2027 Masters. For Long Island juniors, the road to Georgia begins this
The long-closed Tam O’Shanter Club could have golf again in its future after the Village of Brookville changed a local code to allow for-profit clubs to operate at the site, Newsday reported last week. Tam O’Shanter, a former private club that was sold to a developer in 2019, was originally slated to be replaced by
Bethpage Green’s month-long respite following the Ryder Cup is over. The Green reopened for play this morning and will remain open until the end of the season on Sunday, November 16. For the season’s final three weeks, rounds on the Green Course will be shortened to 16 holes, and players will only pay the nine-hole
The golf courses at Bethpage State Park are done playing host. This weekend they will get back to playing golf — amateur golf. October 4 is reopening day for two of the four non-Black courses that were heavily impacted by the corporate tents, pavilions, temporary roadwork and general foot traffic that came with last week’s