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Fall aeration underway around Long Island

18-hole, 18-hole, 9-hole, 9-hole, Bethpage, Course Promos and Updates, Nassau Courses, North Shore/Central, South Shore, Suffolk Courses

September 15, 2020

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 […]

Fall aeration starts next week at Bethpage

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

August 29, 2020

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

Bethpage still in recovery mode following Isaias

18-hole, Bethpage, In the News, Nassau Courses, North Shore/Central

August 12, 2020

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

Several courses remain closed due to storm recovery

Bethpage, Nassau Courses, Suffolk Courses

August 6, 2020

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

Bethpage Black to close for NYS Open in late August

18-hole, Bethpage, In the News, Nassau Courses, North Shore/Central

July 28, 2020

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

Long Island’s future Topgolf taking shape in Holtsville

In the News, Off-Course Destinations

July 13, 2020

Just weeks before the world was turned upside down by Covid-19, Topgolf quietly publicized specific details about its planned Long Island location. Included in that announcement was a broad target opening date of early 2021. Whether or not that exact timeline still stands (the company did not respond to requests for a schedule update), here

Kids play free at Spring Lake this summer

18-hole, 9-hole, Course Promos and Updates, For Beginners, Suffolk Courses

July 3, 2020

Spring Lake Golf Club is reaching out with a deal that offers two benefits in the pandemic summer of 2020 — it gets the kids out of the house and you onto the golf course. On Wednesdays and Thursdays in July and August, kids under the age of 14 play for free with one paying

Nine courses participating in Golfing Mag’s 2020 “Free Golf” Program

18-hole, 18-hole, 9-hole, 9-hole, Course Promos and Updates, For Beginners, Nassau Courses, North Shore/Central, South Shore, Suffolk Courses

June 6, 2020

As the unique, contact-free Long Island golf season of 2020 hums along, a familiar figure of pre-pandemic normalcy — Golfing Magazine's "Free Golf" certificate — makes its way to area mailboxes once again. Golfing Mag's 2020 Free Golf program includes nine Long Island golf courses, ranging from nine-hole munis to the region's most scenic waterfront

Bay Park, Merrick open for play

9-hole, Coronavirus, Course Promos and Updates, For Beginners, Nassau Courses, South Shore

May 22, 2020

The last remaining Long Island public golf courses to start their pandemic-era spring seasons have finally opened for play. After an extended offseason, Bay Park Golf Course, a Nassau County muni, and the Town of Hempstead's Merrick Road Park Golf Course are open for pre-booked rounds only — a distinct change for two courses that

All Long Island public golf courses open except two Nassau municipal courses

9-hole, Coronavirus, For Beginners, Nassau Courses, South Shore

May 15, 2020

With tomorrow's scheduled reopening of Harbor Links' Executive Course, all but two of Long Island's public golf courses are back open for play in a 2020 spring season where tee times are scarce and social-distance regulations are firm. Bay Park and Merrick Road Park, municipal nine-hole courses owned by Nassau County and the Town of