The Black Course at Bethpage turned the big 8-0 today, joining its sibling courses and fellow octogenarians Green, Red and Blue. The youngster of the group — the Yellow Course — still has two-plus decades to go. Bethpage Black opened for play on May 31, 1936, marking the completion of an ambitious golf-course construction project […]
Eight Long Island golf courses are participating in this year's Free Golf Program, an annual subscription special offered by Hicksville-based Golfing Magazine. The 2016 slate of offerings also includes an hour of free simulator time at Simplay in Hauppauge. Golfing Mag certificates, now available for $49, will soon arrive in subscriber mailboxes and allow "free"
Harbor Links Golf Course in Port Washington will host Women's Golf Day on Tuesday, June 7, an afternoon gathering that combines golf, professional instruction and prizes. For $17, golfers can play nine on the Harbor Links Executive Course and take part in a free beginners' clinic held by course pros. Players also have the option
Aeration is already finished at four of the five golf courses at Bethpage State Park. Only the Blue Course remains on the schedule, with aeration slated for April 18 and 19. For those interested in current green conditions, the other courses were aerated on the following dates: Green Course: April 4-5Red Course: April 11-12Yellow Course:
The spring of 1936 arrived like the many seasons of rebirth that preceded it, though in the minds of Long Island's golfers, it undoubtedly felt like the dawn of a new era. Less than a year earlier, the A.W. Tillinghast-designed Red and Blue courses opened at the sprawling new Bethpage State Park complex, whetting the
[Looking for this year's camp info? See the Guide to 2025 Summer Golf Camps on Long Island.] Old Man Winter was kind to Long Islanders this past offseason, giving experienced golfers the opportunity to take their up-and-coming junior players onto quiet courses and offer them some valuable (and maybe a few forgettable) pointers to keep
The Black Course at Bethpage State Park will open for the 2016 season on Saturday, April 16. The season will be an eventful one at Long Island's premier public facility, with The Barclays drawing the world's best golfers back to Bethpage in August. Next door, the Red Course will make its 2016 debut on Friday,
Waterside golf and an Irish buffet are on the slate at Lido Golf Club to celebrate St. Patrick's Day 2016. Lido is offering a holiday special on Thursday, March 17 — for $65, players take on 18 wind-swept holes with motor cart, then warm back up with some hearty Irish cooking and a complimentary pint.
Golfweek released its 2016 Best Courses You Can Play list this week, though for followers interested in seeing what Long Island golf courses made the cut, the mag might as well have reprinted last year's list, or 2014's, or 2013's… It's now seven straight years that the vaunted foursome of Bethpage Black, Bethpage Red, Tallgrass
Golfing Magazine's annual Free Golf Program is back in 2016, and so is its Early Bird Special. From now through April, Long Island golfers can subscribe and receive a season's worth of free green fees for the cost of lunch and a few range tokens. As part of the mag's Early Bird Special, participants in