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Citing “unprecedented demand,” Bethpage announces changes to reservation system and tee-time policies

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Bethpage State Park has heard the ongoing complaints about the fairness and circumvention of its tee-time reservation policies and is now taking steps to address them. In an email distributed earlier today, Bethpage announced several changes to its reservation system and policies, all scheduled to go into effect next Monday, June 24.  The main change, […]

2024 Summer Golf Camps on Long Island

18-hole, 18-hole, 9-hole, 9-hole, Bethpage, For Beginners, Nassau Courses, North Shore/Central, Pitch and Putt, South Shore, Suffolk Courses

[Looking for this year's camp info?  See the Guide to 2025 Summer Golf Camps on Long Island.] As golf participation continues to rise, more and more young golfers are filling up driving-range stalls and looking to take live swings on local courses.  With valuable instruction and guidance from Long Island's wealth of teaching professionals, they

Bethpage Black opens 2024 season with bunker tweaks, irrigation upgrades

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Players who went looking for a one-on-one fight with Bethpage Black on the golf course's opening day were instead met with an ambush by briskly cold temperatures and a brutal, relentless wind.  But the surprises weren't all bad ’97 waiting on the first tee for some of the park's morning players was the Ryder Cup,

2024 golf course reopen dates on Long Island

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It took an extra day to get here this year, but today is the start of Reopening Month.  March is when Long Island's seasonal golf courses put the pro-shop lights back on, stick the pins into the cups and start taking tee times.  Except for Bethpage Black, just about every golf course on Long Island

Winter Golf 2023-24: Mild, snow-free offseason forecasts to be tested with looming storm

18-hole, 18-hole, 9-hole, 9-hole, For Beginners, Indoor Golf, Nassau Courses, North Shore/Central, Off-Course Destinations, Pitch and Putt, South Shore, Suffolk Courses

It's been nothing but good news of late for Long Island's winter golfers ’97 going back to the fall, forecasts for the 2023-24 offseason predicted milder temperatures and precipitation in the form of rain, not snow, thanks to an El Nino weather pattern.  And that's following a 2022-23 winter that was entirely snow-free. But that

2023 closing dates at Long Island’s seasonal golf courses

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December is golf's closing month on Long Island, which might come as news to the many players who pack the clubs away before Halloween.  It's true ’97 plenty of people play golf well into December, if not the whole year round. A handful of courses, though, don't join them, and instead lock the doors and

Thanksgiving 2023 golf events scheduled around Long Island

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[This list was updated on November 7, 2023.] We haven't even started trick-or-treating yet, but it's time to focus on Thanksgiving golf.  That is, if you want to actually lock down a spot in what are usually very popular events. Local players know Thanksgiving is essentially "last call" for Long Island golf season.  Conditions might

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