The New York State Parks system operates six golf facilities on Long Island, with Bethpage its most notable and Montauk Downs not too far behind. In between, up on the Long Island Sound in Kings Park, are the nine-hole Red, Blue and Green courses of Sunken Meadow State Park. The Red course, at 3,133 yards […]
Loyal Golf On Long Island reader Corey W. from Manhattan dropped by the golf course at Merrick Road Park for a quick nine last weekend while in town for a wedding, and was nice enough to provide his take on the course and its conditions. Corey, who says he normally plays in the Bronx at
Bethpage Black's abbreviated spring season came to an end this weekend as final preparations begin for the return of the U.S. Open to Long Island. The course will host golf's national championship from Thursday, June 18 to Sunday, June 21, and will reopen to the public on June 27. The other four Bethpage courses will
Honor your father by treating him to nine relaxing holes and a holiday brunch at the Spring Lake Golf Club in Middle Island on Fathers Day, June 21. Home of the 18-hole Thunderbird and nine-hole Sandpiper courses, Spring Lake is offering this holiday package for $45 per person, cart included. Tee times will be reserved
[NOTE: Dix Hills Golf Club has closed.] The shaded cabin at the Dix Hills Golf Club, with its weathered, throwback signage and gravel driveway, is a pleasant place to start a round of golf. What hides behind it — literally — is far from pleasant, unless you consider hacking up and out of a 40-foot
The Stonebridge Golf Links & Country Club is offering a package deal to the public this season, ten rounds at the semi-private course in Smithtown for a discounted rate of $450, cart included. That works out to the equivalent of ten rounds at Stonebridge's twilight rate, or about 35% off the standard weekday greens fee.
The Bay Park and North Woodmere Park golf courses are now open seven days a week, as of early May. Both Nassau County-operated nine-hole courses have typically been closed one day each week for maintenance. Under the new schedule, the courses will open at 9:00 a.m. on their former off days — Bay Park on
[This flyover was updated on December 14, 2021.] SEE ALSO: Observations: Dix Hills Park Golf Course, 10/14/2010 The hamlet of Dix Hills in western Suffolk County once featured a pair of nine-hole options for casual, no-frills golf, but after the Dix Hills Golf Club closed in 2012 to make way for upscale residences, the Dix
Beginning next week, the Holbrook Country Club will be open for regular play on Tuesdays, a day typically reserved only for golf outings. All golfers will be free to play at Holbrook unless an outing is scheduled. As of today, the next two Tuesdays — May 19 and 26 — are outing-free. A schedule will
[This flyover was updated on March 25, 2018.] The Cantiague Park Golf Course is a 1,878-yard par-30 in Hicksville, located minutes away from the Wantagh Parkway, Northern State Parkway and Long Island Expressway. Of the four Nassau County-operated nine-hole courses, only Christopher Morley Park is shorter. Cantiague features three short par-4s ranging from 257 to