One week after Hurricane Sandy toppled trees all over the complex, nine of Bethpage State Park's 90 golf holes reopened for play on Monday. The back nine of the Yellow Course is open to walk-ups only. No reservations are being taken. Be aware that Yellow #10, a par-5, is currently playing as a par-3 as […]
Except for a dark, frigid front desk (kudos to the bundled-up employees manning the windows) and the occasional sighting of grounds crew gathering fallen limbs and branches, all seemed normal from tee to green at Eisenhower Park's Blue Course on Sunday, where golfers could step out onto the fairway under blue skies and imagine a
This from a Golf On Long Island reader, Mark L., who took his two wheels through the gates and onto Bethpage State Park's (damaged) bike trail last week to check out the conditions left behind by Hurricane Sandy on the back side of the complex: "The bicycle trails in the woods are completely destroyed. I
The Blue and White courses at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow are open for play on Saturday, November 3. The Red Course remains closed. Also open again for play in Nassau County is the nine-hole course at Cantiague Park. The driving range there is open, as well.
The Red, White and Blue courses at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow remain closed on Friday. The staff hopes to have the courses cleaned up and ready for golf this weekend. If you just want to take some swings, the driving range is open. Bethpage State Park's five golf courses are closed indefinitely. (All state
On the clubhouse side of Round Swamp Road, in Bethpage State Park's lower valley, a few scattered fallen trees dot an otherwise untouched landscape. On the other side, where the Black Course and Green Course continue on in isolation, the visible effects of Hurricane Sandy are more prolific. The fairway leading to the elevated green
Despite their inland locations, the Town of Islip golf courses at Brentwood Country Club and Holbrook Country Club are closed until further notice, as well as the 27-hole Middle Island Country Club. Middle Island hopes to be open by Saturday. Down on the water, the highly vulnerable Timber Point and Bergen Point golf courses are
A handful of trees are bent over at their trunks around the Peninsula Golf Club, a nine-hole course at the center of a Massapequa neighborhood bordered by south-shore inlets and South Oyster Bay. Trees are down near the clubhouse and the par-3 sixth hole, to name a few, and there is some standing water alongside
The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation announced Wednesday that all state parks on Long Island are closed until further notice. Golfers wondering when they can play at affected state-park courses, which include Bethpage, Montauk Downs and Sunken Meadow, should visit the NYS Parks website or check back here at
Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano's proposed $2.79 billion budget for 2013 was approved by a legislative committee Monday, according to Newsday, and is now up for vote by the county legislature. Mangano's proposal includes rate increases at Nassau County's seven municipal golf courses. Newsday reported last month that greens fees for Nassau residents would jump