SEE ALSO:Flyover: Bethpage – Black Course Golf On Long Island launched two years ago this month with a flyover of my original "home" course, the nine-hole muni at North Woodmere Park. One of the goals of the site was to drop by and discuss every public course in this two-county hotbed of fairways and flagsticks, […]
The Black Course at Bethpage State Park will be closed this week, beginning Monday, August 23, for the Met Open. It is scheduled to reopen for public play on Saturday, August 28.
The Yellow Course at Bethpage State Park will be aerated on Monday, August 30 and Tuesday, August 31. Call (516) 249-0701 for updates on the conditions and availability of all five Bethpage courses.
Bethpage State Park's Black Course will go dark on as many as 12 days during the month of August for scheduled maintenance and events. The Black is closed for play every Monday for maintenance, as well as Tuesday, August 3; Wednesday, August 4; and Tuesday, August 10. From August 23 to August 27, the Black
Why do dinner and a movie when you can schedule date night on the golf course? The Pine Ridge Golf Club in Coram will open up its finely manicured 18 for a special Couples Scramble on Friday, August 6. Shotgun start is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. The $39 entry fee (per person) includes golf, cart,
Feel like spending a day in the ocean breeze next weekend but prefer not to track sand and seaweed into the car? Try scheduling some seaside golf nearby and help raise money for an excellent cause in the process (and track clumps of grass instead). Painting For Cures will hold its first annual charity golf
Long Island golfers can play the Brentwood and Holbrook Country Clubs for less this summer thanks to a pair of specials that are valid through the month of August. Just print the downloadable coupons from the course websites and tee off for as little as $24. An Early Twilight special includes greens fee, reservation and
The Championship Course at Harbor Links — Long Island's own grand canyon along Hempstead Harbor — already has the look of Arizona down pat with its rock piles, southwestern-style vistas and sand-oriented history. During a July heat wave, the Port Washington par-72 felt a little like the desert too. Most significant update from the latest
Bethpage State Park's Black Course will be closed sporadically through the month of July for scheduled maintenance and the New York State Open. The Black will be dark every Monday for maintenance (open July 5 on a holiday schedule), as well as Tuesday, July 6, Thursday, July 15 and Wednesday, July 28. From July 19
[NOTE: After a routing change during the 2012 season, Wind Watch #1 below is now #10. For info about the course change, follow this link.] Not satisfied with holding the (unofficial) title of highest elevated teebox on Long Island, the folks at Hamlet Wind Watch Golf & Country Club decided to rise to even loftier heights