Friend of Golf On Long Island Rob Toffolo walked away from a recent round at Eisenhower Park's Red Course with interesting information about scheduled alterations to the century-old layout, some of which are currently in the early construction stages. Two holes on the Red's front nine are in line for future modifications, and it won't […]
[Looking for this year's camp info? See the Guide to 2025 Summer Golf Camps on Long Island.] Golf participation at the junior level is up during the coronavirus era. The sport's socially distanced nature led many new, young players onto the course in 2020, and according to many local course pros, the demand for structured
Mother Nature washed out Opening Day at Bethpage Red with a soggy April Fools' joke that saturated the course, much like the cold and snow that Old Man Winter whipped up to lop off six weeks of offseason golf and maintenance work. Bethpage Red instead reopened for the 2021 season yesterday under a stiff breeze,
On this first morning of spring, the season of new beginnings, opening day at Bethpage Green was slowed by a frost delay. It was a fitting way to follow a winter season that was largely snowed out. The cold thaw will do little to dampen local golf enthusiasm though, or the prospects for 2021. The
Bethpage State Park has announced spring aeration dates for its four non-Black golf courses in late April and early May. The aeration schedule is as follows: Blue Course: April 26-27Red Course: April 28-29Yellow Course: May 3-4Green Course: May 5-6 Also announced, the Green Course will reopen for play on Saturday, March 20. Blue and Yellow,
Every couple of seasons, Old Man Winter takes his frustration out on Long Island golfers, blanketing area golf courses with snow and ice, then blowing in a chill that freezes all that sloppy gray in place. The 2020-21 winter golf season has been a bust, and it doesn't appear it will turn around anytime soon.
Sometimes Long Island's winter golf season gets off to a blazing start — sunny skies, temps in the 60s, a comforting feel of October golf in December. Other times it's … well, it's not so great. And the winter of 2020-21 has started off as one of the latter, only fitting since Mother Nature had
December is closing time on the Island, meaning the busiest and most bizarre Long Island golf season in the recent past is coming to an end, at least for those courses that operate on a seasonal basis. This week is the last opportunity to book rounds at a handful of popular public courses in the
[UPpost_date: Bethpage Black will remain open an extra week until November 22, thanks to favorable weather conditions.] Normally the sights and sounds of Augusta inspire the first rusty golf swings of a new season. In the bizarre golf year of 2020, Bethpage Black will shut down for the winter in the week following The Masters.
We're at the height of fall aeration season on Long Island's public courses. Fall maintenance is underway or recently completed at many local courses, so be aware of potentially sandy greens and fairways when booking tee times this month. The Red Course at Eisenhower Park is currently closed for aeration and will reopen for play