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Winter Golf on Long Island: 2021-22 Edition

18-hole, 18-hole, 9-hole, 9-hole, Course Promos and Updates, For Beginners, Nassau Courses, North Shore/Central, South Shore, Suffolk Courses

Christmas morning on Long Island, there are a great many local golfers opening up new "toys," whether it be a box of balls or a new putter, looking forward to the spring when they can debut them on the course.  Then there's the small subset of local golfers scrolling through five-day forecasts and tee-time lists […]

Seasonal Long Island golf courses set to close for ’21

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The middle of December is when the curtains come down and the house lights come up for Long Island's seasonal public golf courses.  There are only a few days left to squeeze in nine- or 18-hole rounds on these courses, most of which are municipal facilities.  You can expect nearly all of them to reopen

Aeration updates around Long Island

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[This schedule was updated on September 19, 2021] 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: Eisenhower White —

2021 Summer Golf Camps on Long Island

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[Looking for this year's camp info?  See the Guide to 2025 Summer Golf Camps on Long Island.] Golf participation at the junior level is up during the coronavirus era.  The sport's socially distanced nature led many new, young players onto the course in 2020, and according to many local course pros, the demand for structured

Tee times will be a hot commodity again at local golf courses in 2021

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On this first morning of spring, the season of new beginnings, opening day at Bethpage Green was slowed by a frost delay.  It was a fitting way to follow a winter season that was largely snowed out. The cold thaw will do little to dampen local golf enthusiasm though, or the prospects for 2021.  The

2021 golf course reopen dates on Long Island

18-hole, 18-hole, 9-hole, 9-hole, Bethpage, Course Promos and Updates, For Beginners, Nassau Courses, North Shore/Central, South Shore, Suffolk Courses

Every couple of seasons, Old Man Winter takes his frustration out on Long Island golfers, blanketing area golf courses with snow and ice, then blowing in a chill that freezes all that sloppy gray in place.  The 2020-21 winter golf season has been a bust, and it doesn't appear it will turn around anytime soon.

Winter Golf on Long Island: 2020-21 Edition

18-hole, 18-hole, 9-hole, 9-hole, Course Promos and Updates, For Beginners, Nassau Courses, North Shore/Central, South Shore, Suffolk Courses

Sometimes Long Island's winter golf season gets off to a blazing start — sunny skies, temps in the 60s, a comforting feel of October golf in December.  Other times it's … well, it's not so great.  And the winter of 2020-21 has started off as one of the latter, only fitting since Mother Nature had

End of season approaching at many Long Island golf courses

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December is closing time on the Island, meaning the busiest and most bizarre Long Island golf season in the recent past is coming to an end, at least for those courses that operate on a seasonal basis.  This week is the last opportunity to book rounds at a handful of popular public courses in the

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