A recent Newsday article indicated that Suffolk County would follow the lead of New York State when it came to making golf courses open again for play, and that's exactly how the county's golf relaunch is taking place. Following the state's decision late last week to reopen its golf courses, Suffolk County announced that West […]
New York State municipal golf courses on Long Island — Bethpage, Montauk Downs and Sunken Meadow — will reopen for play on Monday, April 27, with social-distancing guidelines in place. Bethpage's Black Course will follow with its 2020 reopening on Friday, May 1. Starting that day, four Bethpage courses will be open daily. On the
While New York State, Nassau County and Suffolk County municipal golf courses remain closed, along with other city- and town-owned courses around Long Island, the Town of Oyster Bay will reopen its 18-hole muni in Woodbury today, weather permitting. First tee time at Oyster Bay will be 7:00 a.m.; twilight rates will be offered from
The second leg of Long Island's spring golf season will soon be underway as public golf courses plan for reopenings following New York State's business revision that permits play during the "NYS on Pause" shutdown. By early Sunday afternoon, a handful of local courses began to announce reopen dates, including Cherry Creek and Swan Lake,
The wheel of New York State golf spun again on Saturday and this time it landed on a new spot — private and public golf courses can reopen for play. Following New York State's vague rewording of its non-essential designation for golf courses on Friday, which appeared to open the door for private clubs to
In the latest nonsensical twist to New York State golf in the age of the coronavirus, it seems that private clubs are now permitted to allow member play on the sly, while public golf courses are to remain shuttered. Empire State Development, which kept golf courses open for weeks before categorizing golf courses as non-essential
Following the recent update to our "Nassau 18" for 2020, the latest collection of best or most notable holes in Suffolk County — Golf On Long Island's "Suffolk 18" — is now available as well. Even though the original Suffolk 18 was posted a relatively short time ago in 2017, there's since been significant turnover
Long Island and New York State golf is shut down until the end of the month and in some places longer after the state added golf courses to its ever-changing list of non-essential businesses earlier today. The announcement seemingly puts an end to the short, strange and bustling early-spring season that saw thousands of golfers
As the early spring moves closer and closer to ideal golf weather amid the coronavirus pandemic, the vast majority of Long Island public golf courses are open for play. One more reopened for the 2020 season this morning. The Golf Club at Middle Bay in Oceanside is now open with 16-minute tee-time intervals and a
The local public golf scene continues to represent some semblance of normalcy on Long Island, even with its slew of social-distancing measures that have been implemented at all open courses over the past two weeks. Bethpage State Park's Red Course reopened on schedule yesterday. Word from several GOLI readers is that the spaced-out tee sheet