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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

2020 public golf course reopen dates on Long Island

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It's natural for golfers emerging from the winter to look ahead to The Masters in April as the unofficial start of the new golf season.  But there are dates to mark on the calendar far ahead of the pros' tee times at Augusta — the mid- to late March reopening dates at Long Island's handful

A New Decade of Long Island Golf, Part 3 — Finding a new voice for courses as marketing evolves in the age of social media

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[Follow the links to Part 1 of "A New Decade of Long Island Golf," which covered the main themes of the 2010s and what to expect in the 2020s, and Part 2 on developing local players as time runs low and millennials plan to leave Long Island.] When followers of local golf scroll over Long

Harbor Links, Sunken Meadow to host Drive, Chip & Putt qualifiers in July

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Registration is open for the annual Drive, Chip & Putt Championship, an event for junior golfers that culminates every April at the famed Augusta National Golf Club.  For Long Island juniors, the road to Augusta begins this summer with local qualifiers at three area golf courses. Qualifying rounds for the 2020-21 Drive, Chip & Putt

A New Decade of Long Island Golf, Part 2 — Developing lifelong players as time runs low and Long Islanders leave

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[For Part 1 of "A New Decade of Long Island Golf," covering some of the main themes of local golf in the 2010s and looking ahead to the 2020s, click here.] John Borkes opens his back door to a sweeping waterfront view near Freeport's Nautical Mile, and when he plays golf, he's typically right nearby,

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