This week there is no shortage of print devoted to Bethpage Black. Long Island's brightest public golf star will be shining in the spotlight of the international golfing community until the 2009 U.S. Open comes to a (hopefully) thrilling end this Sunday. Newsday has featured Open inserts each day this week, including a 48-page pullout […]
[This flyover was updated on June 1, 2024.] [NOTE: Tee-time reservations at Glen Cove Golf Club are available only to residents of Glen Cove and non-residents who sign up as annual tee-time members. Guests without a membership permit can play the course but must call the course directly to make a reservation. Walk-ups are not
Today is the last day to tee off on the Blue, Green, Red and Yellow courses at Bethpage before final preparations for the U.S. Open shut the complex down to the public. They will reopen for play on Wednesday, June 24. Bethpage Black will host U.S. Open championship play from Thursday, June 18 to Sunday,
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