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
Golfweek announced its annual ranking of America's Best Municipal Courses last month and the Black Course at Bethpage State Park found itself in a very familiar place — at the top. Bethpage Black is the top muni in the country for the sixth year in a row according to Golfweek, and as usual, the Black's
The traditional celebrations of the old red, white and blue went by this weekend with barbecues and the beach, pool parties and pyrotechnics. For Long Island golfers, the party continues all summer in honor of the Red, White and Blue ’96 golf courses, that is ’96 at Nassau County’92s Eisenhower Park, most appropriately with launched
The Nassau County legislature approved fee increases for a wide range of county services on Monday, including rates at the county's five municipal golf facilities, according to Newsday. County Executive Ed Mangano proposed the fee increases last month in an effort to bring Nassau $15 million in revenue to offset labor and maintenance expenses and
Nassau County is looking for $15 million in revenue to offset increased labor and maintenance expenses, and local golfers will be among those expected to chip in under a new proposal from County Executive Ed Mangano. Newsday reported Wednesday that Mangano's proposal includes fee increases for use of county parks, renovation permits, museum admission and