Late-winter snow has kept Bethpage State Park's Blue and Yellow courses quiet through most of the offseason and almost all of March, but the Black Course remains on track for its usual mid-April opening. The park announced this week that the Black Course will open for the 2015 season on Saturday, April 11, provided the […]
Nothing beats a discount on top of other discounts, especially when it comes to green fees, and Golfing Magazine once again is looking to help local golfers play more this season for less money. Early Bird registration is open for Golfing Magazine's annual Free Golf Program, a subscription-based special that offers heavily reduced rates at
There is a new face in the 2015 edition of Golfweek's Best Courses You Can Play list, but as far as Long Island golf courses go, all the regulars are back for another year. For the sixth straight season, Bethpage Black, Bethpage Red, Tallgrass and Montauk Downs are the Island's representatives in the annual ranking
It doesn't matter if it's cold, snowy, icy, rainy or simply white-out blizzardy — when the calendar flips to March, golf season is imminent. That's good news for Long Islanders, since 2015 so far has been all of the above. The golf scene is relatively quiet compared to last offseason, a stretch marked by surprise
Bethpage State Park's schedule of high-level professional golf tournaments continues to grow after an announcement last week that the Black Course will be part of The Barclays rotation far into the next decade. New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday that the Black Course will host The Barclays in 2021 and 2027, bringing the
Long Island's winter golf season is always a surprise — those who view local golf as a 12-month sport rather than a six-month one just hope the surprise is a positive one. The Long Island offseason can be marked by tantalizing strings of warm, sunny days or it can be buried by snow and ice
The curtain is closing at Bethpage — the Black and Red courses will both be packed up for the winter by the time November comes to an end. The last day to play Bethpage Black is Sunday, November 23. One week later, Bethpage Red will close for the season on Sunday, November 30. As usual,
There are ways each year to keep Long Island's golf courses in mind even when the playing season is on its last legs and the golf clubs are slowly making their way into storage. One of them is to check in at the Long Island Press website to see which courses are finalists for "Best
Bethpage is getting set for late-season aeration, and the Blue Course is the first one of the five scheduled for treatment. Bethpage Blue will be closed for aeration this coming Monday, August 25 and Tuesday, August 26. Following the Blue next month are the Yellow Course (September 16-17) and the Black Course (September 22-23). Later
Fans of Bethpage State Park and its collection of hilly, strenuous par-4s might recognize the fourth hole at the nearby Town of Oyster Bay Golf Course. It's a Bethpage hole in every way but address, a brutal two-shotter that missed the exit for the Red Course and settled just a few miles north in Woodbury