Golf On Long Island's "Origins" series explores the history and development of those local golf courses whose backstory is a bit more unique than most. Stay tuned for more as the season progresses. ****** At first glance there's not a whole lot that's noteworthy about the 1972 opening of Bergen Point Golf Course in West […]
[UPpost_date: Bethpage Black will remain open an extra week until November 22, thanks to favorable weather conditions.] Normally the sights and sounds of Augusta inspire the first rusty golf swings of a new season. In the bizarre golf year of 2020, Bethpage Black will shut down for the winter in the week following The Masters.
If you drove near exit 62 of the Long Island Expressway in June, you might have caught a quick glimpse of the shell of a new driving range — New York's first Topgolf location — along the north service road. And if you made the same drive in September, you might have noticed — well,
No further confirmation was really needed — the abrupt closing last fall, the disconnected phone line, frozen-in-time social media and lack of a 2020 playing season were all dead giveaways regarding the fate of the Great Rock Golf Club. And without an official notice or a brief snippet in the newspaper, it seems a three-word
Street names can give clues about a community's past. That's especially true with golf courses. When Long Island streets are tagged with golf-related terms, it often means that buried beneath sidewalks and front lawns are the remains of a long-forgotten (or fondly remembered) course. This series of posts will look back at courses that have
We're at the height of fall aeration season on Long Island's public courses. Fall maintenance is underway or recently completed at many local courses, so be aware of potentially sandy greens and fairways when booking tee times this month. The Red Course at Eisenhower Park is currently closed for aeration and will reopen for play
The calendar turns to September next week and Bethpage State Park is wasting no time beginning fall aeration across its five golf courses. The Green Course will be the first Bethpage 18 to temporarily close for seasonal maintenance. Green will be out of the rotation on September 2 and 3. Bethpage's other four courses will
More than a week since Tropical Storm Isaias powered through the northeast, Bethpage State Park remains in recovery mode, with the Yellow Course and part of the Blue still shut due to extensive tree damage. In the hours following last Tuesday's storm, fallen trees were a common sight across Long Island communities, a good indication
A handful of Long Island's public golf courses remain closed as a result of the widespread tree damage and power outages caused by Tropical Storm Isaias, which blew through the area with powerful winds on Tuesday. Most notably, the five courses at Bethpage State Park, which is prone to fallen trees amid tropical storms and
The annual New York State Open will be held at Bethpage State Park's Black Course next month after receiving the green light from state government to play the tournament amid the coronavirus pandemic. As a result, the Black Course will be closed to the public from Monday, August 24 through Thursday, August 27. The course