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
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
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
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
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