Two of the five courses at Bethpage State Park have reopened for play after Hurricane Sandy, and a third may be available at least partially later this week, but the Red and Black courses are closed for the season, according to the park's reservation hotline. The Yellow and Green courses are open, with the Yellow […]
A handful of Long Island golf courses that escaped major damage from Hurricane Sandy will be hosting their annual Thanksgiving outings this holiday. Crab Meadow in Northport, which was closed for two weeks after the storm, will hold a four-person scramble that tees off at 8:30. Players should arrive early for continental breakfast and range
The least important update out of East Rockaway in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy is the condition of Bay Park, the Nassau County park and nine-hole golf course surrounded on three sides by Hewlett Bay and its inlets. The community outside the park's gates was hit hard during the storm, evidenced by the curbside piles
Northport's Crab Meadow Golf Course is close to a full recovery from last week's Hurricane Sandy. After being closed for a week and a half for storm clean-up, Crab Meadow will reopen tomorrow, November 10, to walkers only. Motor carts will be available again beginning Sunday, November 11. Out east in Riverhead, the Woods Course
The bayside West Sayville Golf Course has recovered from Hurricane Sandy and is open again on Suffolk County's south shore, walking only. Another Suffolk County municipal course, Indian Island Country Club, has opened all 18 holes in Riverhead. Stonebridge Golf Links in Hauppauge is open and running a $37 online special today through Thursday. Last
One week after Hurricane Sandy toppled trees all over the complex, nine of Bethpage State Park's 90 golf holes reopened for play on Monday. The back nine of the Yellow Course is open to walk-ups only. No reservations are being taken. Be aware that Yellow #10, a par-5, is currently playing as a par-3 as
Except for a dark, frigid front desk (kudos to the bundled-up employees manning the windows) and the occasional sighting of grounds crew gathering fallen limbs and branches, all seemed normal from tee to green at Eisenhower Park's Blue Course on Sunday, where golfers could step out onto the fairway under blue skies and imagine a
This from a Golf On Long Island reader, Mark L., who took his two wheels through the gates and onto Bethpage State Park's (damaged) bike trail last week to check out the conditions left behind by Hurricane Sandy on the back side of the complex: "The bicycle trails in the woods are completely destroyed. I
The Blue Course at Timber Point, which took a damaging shot from Hurricane Irene barely more than a year ago, is closed until sometime in 2013 after suffering an even bigger blow from last week's Hurricane Sandy. Timber Point sits on the edge of a peninsula that juts into Great South Bay, and the Blue
The Links Course at Cherry Creek is open for play, while its companion course across the street — the Woods — remains closed due to severe tree damage. Phone and web service are still down so no advance tee times are available. The nine-hole course at Dix Hills Park reopened Saturday, but Town of Huntington