The winter of 2018-19 has arrived with buckets of rain that will keep Long Island's offseason golfers away from the course for a saturated day or two, though it could always be worse. Drop the temperature by 20 degrees or so and turn that rain into snow and you have a dreaded December blizzard potent […]
The 2019 PGA Championship at Bethpage Black is five months away but its presence is already impacting the way golfers utilize the park golf courses this winter season. Only the Blue Course will be open for play for at least the early portion of the 2018-19 winter season, according to a statement posted on the
Bethpage State Park's director of agronomy Andrew Wilson joined A.J. Voelpel on the Metropolitan Golf Association's "Around the Met" podcast earlier this month to discuss the park and its preparation for next May's PGA Championship. Wilson and Voelpel chatted about ideal winter conditions leading up to the event, which will tee off in May for
Only a handful of golfers, outside the most frost-hardy Long Island players, associate Thanksgiving — the holiday of turkey and football — with November golf — the sport of turtlenecks and foot-warmers. However, golf comes with all the trimmings on Thanksgiving — tournaments, prizes, open bars and sometimes an actual turkey. It's the last call
Harbor Links will host its 12th annual Turkey Shoot holiday outing on Thanksgiving morning, November 22. Shotgun start is scheduled for 9:00 a.m. after registration and breakfast. Cost for Town of North Hempstead residents is $65 with cart and breakfast included; $75 for non-residents. Call (516) 767-4816 to sign up. Winter rates are now in
The 2018 season is coming to a close on the Black Course at Bethpage State Park. The last day to play the Black is Sunday, November 11. While the Black's season will end in its usual mid-November slot, its reopening next spring is not quite as predictable. Old Man Winter will decide how much golf
Fall arrived on Long Island this weekend carrying with it bright sunshine and comfortable temperatures — ideal conditions for the start of autumn golf season. Eighty years ago this weekend, however, in the first days of the new fall season, Long Islanders on the East End ventured outside not to play golf, but to survey
Bethpage State Park's fall schedule of course aeration will begin the week of Labor Day this season, though most of the maintenance work will take place in October. First up is the Yellow Course on September 5 and 6, followed in the first week of October by the Black Course (October 1-2) and Green Course
Two Long Island towns and one village have turned to reduced green fees and new or popular promotions to fill tee times at their municipal golf courses, according to Newsday's David Reich-Hale. The Town of Huntington adjusted its green fees earlier this season at the municipal Crab Meadow Golf Course to make non-resident rates equal
The eighth annual New York Families for Autistic Children (NYFAC) Golf Outing will take place on Thursday, August 9 at Harbor Links Golf Course in Port Washington. All proceeds will go toward NYFAC's mission to support autistic children and their families through various programs. A 10:15 shotgun tee time will follow breakfast, registration and a