Observations: Dix Hills Park Golf Course

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Dix Hills Park is currently in the second year of a scheduled three-year renovation that will improve the conditions of tee boxes, greens and bunkers on the golf course's nine holes.  As of October 2010, a round at Dix Hills Park begins with an approach to a temporary pin at the end of the fairway.  […]

Flyover: Heartland Golf Park

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[This flyover was updated on September 12, 2021.] Purists might object to a number of things about the Heartland Golf Park in Edgewood.  After all, nobody plays nine holes at a "golf park."  Floodlights on a golf course?  Leave that to sports like football and baseball.  Yet there they are, light stanchions for — gasp!

October is aeration month at Bethpage

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Four of the five courses at Bethpage State Park will be temporarily closed for aeration during the month of October.  (The Yellow Course was already aerated in August.) The Black Course will be the first to close.  Aeration is scheduled for Monday, October 4 and Tuesday, October 5.  The rest of the park's aeration schedule

Observations: Brentwood Country Club

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The hot, steamy, rain-free days of the Summer of 2010 delivered a beating to lawns and gardens across Long Island and the small, mostly flat greens of the Brentwood Country Club.  Bare brown patches dotted a handful of putting surfaces around the short par-72 on our last visit. Luckily, if you're teeing it up at

Hamlet Willow Creek to aerate October 13

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Putts at Hamlet Willow Creek Golf & Country Club will roll smoothly and speedily over the first few weeks of the Fall golf season.  Greens will not be aerated until Wednesday, October 13 — which means now is a great time to challenge the immaculate Mount Sinai course, especially with $39-49 weekday afternoon rates on

Tallgrass sheds “Country Club” title, now Tallgrass Golf Course

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Change is afoot in Shoreham:  The golf course formerly known as the Tallgrass Country Club is now, simply, the Tallgrass Golf Course.  In an effort to promote its public status, Tallgrass has shed the "Country Club" portion of its title and any air of privacy that has come with it. "By changing our name to

September closings at Bethpage Black

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The Black Course at Bethpage State Park will be closed on Thursday, September 16 and Tuesday, September 21 for local competitions.  As usual, the course will be closed on Mondays for scheduled maintenance, though it will remain open for play on Monday, September 27. Call the park or reservation hotline for the most updated course

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