Feedback from readers has been largely positive regarding the greens at Bethpage State Park, which absorbed a heavy beating from the winter of 2015 and needed until the very end of May to get back to full capacity. For much of the spring, a half-dozen temporary greens were in play on the Black Course, and […]
Bethpage State Park suffered a significant amount of turf damage from the winter of 2015, with temporary greens still in use on all five golf courses heading into Memorial Day weekend. Fortunately all lingering effects are expected to be gone by the end of the month. The Blue, Green and Yellow courses are scheduled to
The turn of the calendar from April to May means "Free Golf" certificates courtesy of Hicksville-based Golfing Magazine are on their way to players around Long Island. This year's program includes nine Long Island golf courses, seven of which are in Suffolk County, plus free golf around the Northeast and other area perks. All of
Time is up in Uniondale, where the New York Islanders have played their final games as Nassau residents and will now head west to build on their history in Brooklyn. When the clock hit zero earlier this week, a longtime fixture in the county’92s ’93Hub’94 became a thing of the past. It is not the
The 2015 season is underway in Oceanside at The Golf Club at Middle Bay, though players eager to get to the course's signature waterfront holes will have to take a few extra swings before reaching them. Middle Bay's new hole configuration made its debut earlier this month, amid other upgrades around the facility. The course
Now that the golf courses at Bethpage State Park are finally reopening for early-season play, they'll each be shutting down briefly in April for spring aeration. First up is the Blue Course, which will be aerated next week on April 6 and 7. The rest of the schedule is as follows: Red Course: April 13-14Yellow
[Looking for this year's camp info? See the Guide to 2024 Summer Golf Camps on Long Island.] The 2015 Long Island golf season has gone through a couple of weather-related false starts, keeping golfers of all ages confined away from local courses. Unaffected, thankfully, by the endless transition from winter to spring is the summer
Late-winter snow has kept Bethpage State Park's Blue and Yellow courses quiet through most of the offseason and almost all of March, but the Black Course remains on track for its usual mid-April opening. The park announced this week that the Black Course will open for the 2015 season on Saturday, April 11, provided the
Nothing beats a discount on top of other discounts, especially when it comes to green fees, and Golfing Magazine once again is looking to help local golfers play more this season for less money. Early Bird registration is open for Golfing Magazine's annual Free Golf Program, a subscription-based special that offers heavily reduced rates at
There is a new face in the 2015 edition of Golfweek's Best Courses You Can Play list, but as far as Long Island golf courses go, all the regulars are back for another year. For the sixth straight season, Bethpage Black, Bethpage Red, Tallgrass and Montauk Downs are the Island's representatives in the annual ranking