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2022 closing dates for Long Island’s seasonal golf courses

18-hole, 18-hole, 9-hole, 9-hole, Course Promos and Updates, Nassau Courses, North Shore/Central, South Shore, Suffolk Courses

[This information was updated on December 24, 2022.] We've made it to December, and while many on Long Island have already packed away their golf clubs for 2022, the area's cold-resistant players are still out looking for tee times.  The selection is about to get smaller though, because December is closing month on Long Island.  […]

2022 Thanksgiving and holiday-themed events at Long Island golf courses

18-hole, 18-hole, Course Promos and Updates, For Beginners, Nassau Courses, North Shore/Central, Suffolk Courses

Get the hot chocolate and hand warmers ready — it's time to start preparing for Thanksgiving golf outings. Local players know Thanksgiving is essentially "last call" for Long Island golf season — the leaves are down, frost delays are longer, the layers of golf gear thicker.  Thanksgiving is one final opportunity for golf with all

Bethpage Black to close for season November 13, Red and Green to follow

18-hole, Bethpage, Course Promos and Updates, In the News, Nassau Courses, North Shore/Central

The countdown has begun at Bethpage Black.  Long Island's top public golf course will close for the season at the conclusion of play on Sunday, November 13.  It will reopen for the 2023 season in mid April. Meanwhile, the Black's two neighboring courses are also preparing for winter hibernation, though they will remain open a

Fall 2022 aeration dates around Long Island

18-hole, 18-hole, 9-hole, 9-hole, Bethpage, Course Promos and Updates, In the News, Nassau Courses, North Shore/Central, South Shore, Suffolk Courses

[This schedule was updated on September 22, 2022.] September is aeration month at Long Island golf courses, and maintenance dates are good to know for local players planning their late-summer and fall rounds. The following public golf courses will be closed for play (unless otherwise noted) while undergoing fairway and/or greens aeration.  All dates below

Bethpage, Montauk Downs represent Long Island in Golfweek’s 2022 list of best public courses

18-hole, 18-hole, Bethpage, In the News, Nassau Courses, North Shore/Central, Suffolk Courses

Like a rush on tee times at Bethpage and Montauk Downs, you can always count on the two state-park facilities finding their way onto Golfweek's annual list of top public golf courses. Golfweek released its 2022 Best Courses You Can Play list earlier this month, a collection of rankings highlighting the elite publicly accessible courses

Bunker fixes and infrastructure improvements lead the upgrades at Bethpage in 2022

18-hole, Bethpage, Course Promos and Updates, For Beginners, Nassau Courses, North Shore/Central

The golf grounds crew at Bethpage State Park was as busy as ever this past offseason, making sure its five public golf courses rebound nicely from the 250,000 rounds played in 2021 and preparing them for another quarter million likely to be scheduled this coming season.  Much of the work, however, won't be immediately noticeable

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