The Black Course at Bethpage State Park will close Tuesday, August 8 through Thursday, August 10 as it hosts the New York State Amateur Championship. The course will reopen to the public on Friday, August 11. Bethpage Black will also close for its regular Monday maintenance days. For updated information, contact the park at (516) […]
Go ahead and top a drive into the reeds at Lido Golf Club or slice one into a shrub at Merrick Road Park Golf Course — this summer, some good will come from your worst shots. No, they won't magically help on the scorecard, but they will benefit American troops stationed overseas thanks to a
Two icons of Long Island sports — Bethpage State Park and the New York Islanders (well, they practice on Long Island, at least) — will once again come together this September for the benefit of local children. The hockey club will host its tenth annual Islanders Children's Foundation Golf Outing at Bethpage on Tuesday, September
The Black and Red courses at Bethpage State Park will be closed on select dates in July while hosting local tournaments. Bethpage Black is scheduled to close to the public on Thursday, July 13 for the New York State Open Pro-Am, and again from Monday, July 17 to Friday, July 21 for the New York
Golf On Long Island and Newsday have teamed up to offer readers a glimpse of Long Island's long-lost golf courses. A photo-history slideshow that highlights 11 Long Island locations that were once home to golf courses is live on Newsday.com. The slideshow features vintage photos and brief historical descriptions contributed by Golf On Long Island's
Golf Digest showed plenty of love to Long Island in its newly announced list of Best Golf Courses in New York for 2017-18, but only one of its many public courses received any adoration. No surprise that the lone Long Island public on the list is Bethpage Black, which is ranked #7 in a star-studded
It's a perfect late-spring Sunday to play golf, unless you're in Lido Beach. Lido Golf Club is now closed for two weeks as the Town of Hempstead transitions into the role of golf course operator at the popular municipal course. The town is taking over for its previous course operator, Double Eagle Golf, which ran
Lido Golf Club will shut down for two weeks while the Town of Hempstead takes over control of the course from Double Eagle Golf, Lido's course operator for the past 20 years, Newsday reported this afternoon. A Nassau County Supreme Court Judge denied Double Eagle's request for a temporary restraining order that would have prevented
[UPDATE, May 31: Lido Golf Club will close for two weeks as Hempstead assumes control of course operations.] The Town of Hempstead's municipal course at Lido Golf Club could temporarily close right at the start of post-Memorial Day peak season as the town threatens to take control of the facility away from its longtime course
Public golf will soon return to the national spotlight, with the 2017 U.S. Open making final preparations for its June tee time at the publicly accessible Erin Hills Golf Course in Wisconsin. Golf Digest's June issue includes its 2017-18 list of America's 100 Greatest Public Golf Courses, where Erin Hills falls in at #9, a