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Bethpage modifies tee-time policy amid “unprecedented demand” for reservations

18-hole, Bethpage, Course Promos and Updates, In the News, Nassau Courses, North Shore/Central

May 17, 2021

Bethpage State Park is updating its tee-time policy starting next week in order to address the "supply and demand" issue that has escalated since the start of the pandemic last spring. Golfers in the online reservation queue typically outnumber available tee times by hundreds on a daily basis, according to the park. According to a […]

Nine & Dine Special this week at Pine Hills

18-hole, Course Promos and Updates, Suffolk Courses

May 15, 2021

With coronavirus restrictions loosening around the state, you can expect to see a return to outings, food-and-golf specials and more at area golf courses. Pine Hills in Manorville is offering a Nine and Dine outing this Wednesday, May 19 with tee times scheduled between 5:00 and 6:00 p.m. Nine holes with cart followed by a

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May 14, 2021

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Topgolf Long Island moving quickly toward possible August opening

For Beginners, In the News, Off-Course Destinations

May 8, 2021

The nets are up at Topgolf Long Island, and the company's familiar graphics adorn the building's facade. New York's first location of the nationwide golf and entertainment chain is starting to resemble the new-age driving range local golfers have been waiting for, looking down over the Long Island Expressway in Holtsville. After years of speculation

Hole modifications on the way at Eisenhower Park’s Red Course

18-hole, Nassau Courses, North Shore/Central

April 28, 2021

Friend of Golf On Long Island Rob Toffolo walked away from a recent round at Eisenhower Park's Red Course with interesting information about scheduled alterations to the century-old layout, some of which are currently in the early construction stages. Two holes on the Red's front nine are in line for future modifications, and it won't

2021 Summer Golf Camps on Long Island

18-hole, 18-hole, 9-hole, 9-hole, Bethpage, For Beginners, Nassau Courses, North Shore/Central, Off-Course Destinations, South Shore, Suffolk Courses

April 25, 2021

[Looking for this year's camp info? See the Guide to 2025 Summer Golf Camps on Long Island.] Golf participation at the junior level is up during the coronavirus era. The sport's socially distanced nature led many new, young players onto the course in 2020, and according to many local course pros, the demand for structured

What’s become of Long Island’s recently departed public golf courses

18-hole, 9-hole, Nassau Courses, Pitch and Putt, South Shore, Suffolk Courses

April 22, 2021

With signs that Great Rock Golf Club in Wading River might be returning to Long Island's public golf roster, it's worth taking a look back at other lost courses in the area. Back when Golf On Long Island began covering the region's public golf scene in 2008, the list of local courses was a little

Signs of life at recently closed Great Rock Golf Club?

18-hole, Suffolk Courses

April 21, 2021

Great Rock Golf Club is no stranger to bouncing back from a closure. The Wading River facility already did it once a few years ago — the course closed amid an ownership change during the 2013-14 offseason, then reopened that June. Now there are some signs that the again-closed Great Rock is preparing to come

Bethpage Red open for 2021, Black to follow as crews finish projects around the course

18-hole, Bethpage, Course Promos and Updates, For Beginners, Nassau Courses, North Shore/Central, Voices of Long Island Golf

April 3, 2021

Mother Nature washed out Opening Day at Bethpage Red with a soggy April Fools' joke that saturated the course, much like the cold and snow that Old Man Winter whipped up to lop off six weeks of offseason golf and maintenance work. Bethpage Red instead reopened for the 2021 season yesterday under a stiff breeze,

Heatherwood Golf Club remains closed amid real estate fight

18-hole, In the News, Suffolk Courses

April 2, 2021

A years-long battle over a proposed senior housing complex in Centereach that would cut the Heatherwood Golf Club from 18 holes to nine has instead reduced the entire course to overgrowth as the future of the development dims. Heatherwood has been closed since early 2020, and it appears likely the course will stay closed for