The Town of Oyster Bay is investing in an upgraded irrigation system and newly built tee boxes at its municipal golf course in Woodbury, though the ongoing work will not delay the course's spring debut. Oyster Bay is scheduled to reopen for the 2024 season on Monday, April 1. While the fairways and greens will […]
It took an extra day to get here this year, but today is the start of Reopening Month. March is when Long Island's seasonal golf courses put the pro-shop lights back on, stick the pins into the cups and start taking tee times. Except for Bethpage Black, just about every golf course on Long Island
It's been nothing but good news of late for Long Island's winter golfers ’97 going back to the fall, forecasts for the 2023-24 offseason predicted milder temperatures and precipitation in the form of rain, not snow, thanks to an El Nino weather pattern. And that's following a 2022-23 winter that was entirely snow-free. But that
December is golf's closing month on Long Island, which might come as news to the many players who pack the clubs away before Halloween. It's true ’97 plenty of people play golf well into December, if not the whole year round. A handful of courses, though, don't join them, and instead lock the doors and
[This list was updated on November 7, 2023.] We haven't even started trick-or-treating yet, but it's time to focus on Thanksgiving golf. That is, if you want to actually lock down a spot in what are usually very popular events. Local players know Thanksgiving is essentially "last call" for Long Island golf season. Conditions might
This morning begins one of the final weekends of the 2023 season for the Black Course at Bethpage State Park. And for once it's not pouring rain. Bethpage posted its November schedule last week, which includes closing dates for the Black, Red and Green golf courses. The Black Course will close at the end of
The three municipal golf courses at Eisenhower Park will be aerated this month, beginning with the White and Blue courses. Aeration on those two courses will begin this coming Monday, October 16, and last through the week. The Red Course will be aerated the week of Monday, October 23. Players should expect partial closings on the
When the final putt drops at the 2023 Ryder Cup in Rome on Sunday, Bethpage State Park will officially be on the clock. Two years and counting until the next Ryder Cup will be awarded on Long Island at the "People's Country Club." New York State is expecting approximately 225,000 fans from around the globe
Late summer means angled afternoon sunlight, earlier twilight hours and posted aeration schedules. And Bethpage State Park is typically among the quickest to announce its seasonal maintenance dates. Bethpage will have much of its course aeration done before fall officially arrives. First to close for conditioning will be the Blue Course, which will briefly shut
Golf On Long Island's Phil Carlucci will lead a lecture on the 130-year history of Long Island golf next Thursday, August 10 at Harbor Links in Port Washington. The event is part of the Roslyn Landmark Society lecture series and celebrates the 25th anniversary of Harbor Links. North Hempstead town engineer Jill Guiney and town