This morning begins one of the final weekends of the 2023 season for the Black Course at Bethpage State Park. And for once it's not pouring rain. Bethpage posted its November schedule last week, which includes closing dates for the Black, Red and Green golf courses. The Black Course will close at the end of […]
A large portion of the former Links at Shirley golf course has sat frozen in time for more than a decade, and last week it finally began its second life serving the community as a town park. Patriots Preserve, a 100-acre Town of Brookhaven park, opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on October 9 that formally
The three municipal golf courses at Eisenhower Park will be aerated this month, beginning with the White and Blue courses. Aeration on those two courses will begin this coming Monday, October 16, and last through the week. The Red Course will be aerated the week of Monday, October 23. Players should expect partial closings on the
Few writers, if any, did more to chronicle the growth and development of Long Island and New York-area golf courses than journalist Ralph Trost. Writing for several New York newspapers, Trost published hundreds of articles and columns on the sport of golf and the local grounds ’96 public and private ’96 on which it was
When the final putt drops at the 2023 Ryder Cup in Rome on Sunday, Bethpage State Park will officially be on the clock. Two years and counting until the next Ryder Cup will be awarded on Long Island at the "People's Country Club." New York State is expecting approximately 225,000 fans from around the globe
The New York State municipal golf course at Robert Moses State Park is hosting a Pitch & Putt Tournament on its 18-hole course next Sunday, October 1. Spots will be held for the first 72 golfers who register. The tournament tees off at 10:00 a.m. Breakfast and check-in begins at 9:00 and a post-round lunch
Late summer means angled afternoon sunlight, earlier twilight hours and posted aeration schedules. And Bethpage State Park is typically among the quickest to announce its seasonal maintenance dates. Bethpage will have much of its course aeration done before fall officially arrives. First to close for conditioning will be the Blue Course, which will briefly shut
Golf On Long Island's Phil Carlucci will lead a lecture on the 130-year history of Long Island golf next Thursday, August 10 at Harbor Links in Port Washington. The event is part of the Roslyn Landmark Society lecture series and celebrates the 25th anniversary of Harbor Links. North Hempstead town engineer Jill Guiney and town
To the untrained eye, or rather, the eye of anyone who is not a golf-course designer, the big, barren sand mines of Port Washington were exactly as they appeared ’96 big, barren sand mines. To Michael Hurdzan and his design team, the excavated pits that drove industry along Long Island Sound for more than a
Golf Digest's measured rollout of its 2023-24 Best In State golf-course rankings made its way to New York last week, and Long Island — "one of the world's most desirable pieces of golf terrain," according to the mag — dominates the list. The top three courses and seven of the top 10 are located right