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Bethpage, Montauk Downs represent Long Island in Golfweek’s 2022 list of best public courses

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Like a rush on tee times at Bethpage and Montauk Downs, you can always count on the two state-park facilities finding their way onto Golfweek's annual list of top public golf courses. Golfweek released its 2022 Best Courses You Can Play list earlier this month, a collection of rankings highlighting the elite publicly accessible courses

Bunker fixes and infrastructure improvements lead the upgrades at Bethpage in 2022

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The golf grounds crew at Bethpage State Park was as busy as ever this past offseason, making sure its five public golf courses rebound nicely from the 250,000 rounds played in 2021 and preparing them for another quarter million likely to be scheduled this coming season.  Much of the work, however, won't be immediately noticeable

2022 golf course reopen dates on Long Island

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Spring can't come soon enough for the Long Island golfing community now that we've reached the tail end of a second straight winter season that has been, for the most part, a bust. A blizzard knocked out a couple of playing weeks on its own, and poor ground conditions led many golf courses to remain

Winter Golf on Long Island: 2021-22 Edition

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Christmas morning on Long Island, there are a great many local golfers opening up new "toys," whether it be a box of balls or a new putter, looking forward to the spring when they can debut them on the course.  Then there's the small subset of local golfers scrolling through five-day forecasts and tee-time lists

Seasonal Long Island golf courses set to close for ’21

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The middle of December is when the curtains come down and the house lights come up for Long Island's seasonal public golf courses.  There are only a few days left to squeeze in nine- or 18-hole rounds on these courses, most of which are municipal facilities.  You can expect nearly all of them to reopen

Seven Long Island courses make Golf Magazine’s World Top 100 for 2021-22

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Just ahead of Thanksgiving, Golf Magazine has reminded Long Island golfers that there are plenty of reasons to be grateful this holiday season.  Seven reasons, to be exact — that's the number of Long Island golf destinations included on Golf's list of Top 100 Courses in the World for 2021-22. Most notable for public players,

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