The Red Course at Bethpage State Park will close for the 2011 season this Sunday, December 4. Forecasts call for sunny and cool conditions for the Red's final three days, so take advantage while you can. The course won't be open again until April. Bethpage golfers can still challenge the Yellow and Blue courses during […]
Thirteen public golf courses in Nassau and Suffolk are in the running for the title of "Best Golf Course" of 2012 in the annual Long Island Press "Best of LI" poll, and 12 of them are looking to wrestle that title away from Bethpage State Park. The 90-hole centerpiece of Long Island golf will win
Registration is open for the Lido Golf Club's annual Thanksgiving Turkey Trot, which tees off shotgun style this Thursday, November 24 at 8:00 a.m. The $75 entry fee includes cart, range balls, breakfast and a Lido GC winter hat by Under Armour. There will also be competitions on the course for longest drive, most accurate
Two weeks remain in the 2011 playing season at Bethpage State Park's Black Course. The Black will close for the season on Tuesday, November 15. Despite the early taste of winter here in the Northeast this past weekend, prime golfing conditions still await the cool-weather golfer at Bethpage and across Long Island. The Black Course
It's Halloween and we've already been through one snow–, err, slushstorm. Perhaps last winter is eager to pick up where it left off. No matter the meteorological outlook, one thing that can't be denied is the availability of favorable Fall season golf specials around Long Island. Here is a sampling: Great Rock: $49 weekdays, $39
The way Golfing Magazine sees it, it's never too early to start planning next season's tee times. If you're a golfer who shares that opinion, then get on board Golfing Magazine's 2012 Free Golf Program by signing up for the mag's Early Bird Special. For $39 you get a certificate good for "free" rounds at
Golfing on autumn Wednesdays just got a lot more delicious now that Harbor Links has announced a "Nine and Dine" special at the Executive Course. Before or after a round, choose from some grill room specials and a drink to wash it down. The golf-and-grub deal is just $29. Call (516) 767-4828 for more details.
About 30 minutes after you determine the best method of attack on Stonebridge Golf Links' redan par-3 — the subject of a previous Closer Look post — it's time to draw up a gameplan on another demanding one-shotter. This hole, Stonebridge's "Biarritz" seventh, is a design that will be new to many players when they
The Blue Course at Bethpage State Park is scheduled for aeration on September 6 and 7, followed by the Green Course on September 15 and 16, and the Black Course from Monday, September 26 through Thursday, September 29. Bethpage Black will be closed every Monday — plus Tuesday, September 20 — for maintenance.
The Black, Red and Yellow courses at Bethpage State Park reopened for play today, September 2 — five days after Hurricane Irene blew through Long Island. Bethpage's Blue and Green courses remain closed as of Friday and may reopen over the weekend.