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Voting open for “Best Golf Course” in 11th annual Long Island Press poll

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October 17, 2015

With the fall season upon us, it's time for Long Island golfers to warm up their click fingers and vote online in the 11th annual Long Island Press "Best of LI" poll. Every October the newspaper opens voting on dozens of goods and services around the Island, including local golf courses, stores and driving ranges. […]

Bethpage Black aeration, green reconstruction on the schedule this month

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October 1, 2015

The Black Course at Bethpage State Park will undergo its usual fall maintenance this month, but when it reopens for play after aeration, two of its par-3 greens will be out of the rotation. Following aeration, which will close the Black from October 13 to 16, reconstruction will begin on #3 and #14. To make

Bethpage aeration, September closures

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September 11, 2015

The Yellow Course at Bethpage State Park will be closed for aeration on Tuesday, September 22 and Wednesday, September 23. The Blue Course was aerated earlier this month. On Thursday, September 17, all courses will be closed except for Yellow. On Wednesday, September 30, only the Black and Yellow courses will be open for play.

Observations: Eisenhower Park – White Course

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August 5, 2015

Long, straight and a shade under 7,000 yards from the tips, Eisenhower Park's White Course makes it easy for players to choose what to hit off the tee. And with its trademark gaping bunkers at the mouth of every green, there's added importance on squeezing out every last yard with the driver. So when you

Massapequa High Schools Hall of Fame Golf Outing, August 3 at Oyster Bay

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July 28, 2015

The Town of Oyster Bay Golf Course in Woodbury will host the 20th annual Massapequa High Schools Hall of Fame/Herbert J. Pluschau Memorial Golf Outing on Monday, August 3. The outing also includes an induction dinner and ceremony celebrating alumni from Massapequa and Berner High Schools. Proceeds from the event help support the Hall of Fame

Coming up the 18th, one golfer reflects on Long Island’s best closing holes

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July 15, 2015

by Rob Dimino Earlier this summer, all that stood between me and a sub-80 round was the 18th hole at Stonebridge, a long dogleg right that plays about 430 from the tips. It's not the most challenging hole on the course, but it's a straightforward test after a fun-house round filled with double-tiered and humpback

Bethpage Black closed July 13-17 for New York State Open

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July 3, 2015

The Black Course at Bethpage State Park will be closed sporadically through the month of July for scheduled maintenance and the annual New York State Open. Dark dates for the New York State Open will be Monday, July 13 through Friday, July 17. The Black Course will also be closed every Monday for maintenance (except

Observations: Great Rock, Willow Creek, Middle Bay

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June 8, 2015

Golf On Long Island's Rob Dimino has been all over the Island this spring, teeing it up on both sides of the bay on Nassau's south shore, navigating slick greens at Great Rock in Wading River, and finding plenty of fairways in between. Out at Great Rock, the devilish 11th green may have been renovated

Observations: Bethpage Red impressive after rough winter

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June 4, 2015

Feedback from readers has been largely positive regarding the greens at Bethpage State Park, which absorbed a heavy beating from the winter of 2015 and needed until the very end of May to get back to full capacity. For much of the spring, a half-dozen temporary greens were in play on the Black Course, and

All Bethpage greens expected to be open by the end of the month

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May 22, 2015

Bethpage State Park suffered a significant amount of turf damage from the winter of 2015, with temporary greens still in use on all five golf courses heading into Memorial Day weekend. Fortunately all lingering effects are expected to be gone by the end of the month. The Blue, Green and Yellow courses are scheduled to

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