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Winter Golf On Long Island: 2012-13 Edition

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December 20, 2012

The 2012-13 winter golf season on Long Island already has a slightly different feel than usual, even though the winter has yet to arrive. In Nassau County, dependable offseason outposts at the Lido Golf Club and, on a smaller scale, North Woodmere Park, are out of the winter rotation, both recovering from severe blows delivered […]

One more week to vote for “Best Golf Course” in Long Island Press poll

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

December 5, 2012

Voting closes next Saturday, December 15, for the annual "Best of LI" poll conducted by the weekly (soon to be monthly) Long Island Press. Most relevant to Golf On Long Island readers is the poll's "Best Golf Course" category, which has been dominated by Bethpage State Park for the last half-decade. You can also cast

Eisenhower Red, Woodmere, Morley closed for the season

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November 30, 2012

The Red Course at Eisenhower Park has been closed since Hurricane Sandy arrived last month, and it will remain closed through the offseason, according to park personnel. Eisenhower's signature layout — a Devereux Emmet design — typically shuts down for the season in early to mid-December, but tree damage from the storm kept it quiet

Lido Golf Club closed indefinitely

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November 22, 2012

Wildly popular for its waterside layout and scenery, the Lido Golf Club is closed indefinitely, a victim, for now, of its greatest asset. The golf course along Reynolds Channel on the north side of Lido Beach suffered significant flood damage to the grounds and clubhouse during Hurricane Sandy. Golf On Long Island's Rob Dimino, who

Hurricane Sandy Uppost_date: Damage and debris at Bay Park

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November 13, 2012

The least important update out of East Rockaway in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy is the condition of Bay Park, the Nassau County park and nine-hole golf course surrounded on three sides by Hewlett Bay and its inlets. The community outside the park's gates was hit hard during the storm, evidenced by the curbside piles

Hurricane Sandy Uppost_date: Eisenhower Park closed, other Nassau course updates

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November 2, 2012

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

Hurricane Sandy Uppost_date: More course closings around Long Island

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November 1, 2012

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

Hurricane Sandy Uppost_date: Trees down at Peninsula GC in Massapequa

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November 1, 2012

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

Mangano budget and its increased golf fees advance to Nassau legislature

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October 17, 2012

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

Voting is open for “Best Golf Course” in annual Long Island Press poll

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October 12, 2012

Come January, one local golf course, as well as an area driving range and golf store, will earn the distinction of "Best of Long Island." Which ones earn that title is up to you. Voting is open at the Long Island Press website for the 2013 "Best of LI" poll. Each year the newspaper puts

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