All 90 holes at Bethpage State Park are now closed until The Barclays finishes up and the pros head out of town. The Red, Blue, Green and Yellow courses will resume play on Thursday, August 30. (Blue will be aerated during the break on August 28 and 29.) The Black Course will reopen on September […]
This edition of "Closer Looks" examines another of Long Island's split-fairway holes. Not quite as dramatic, scenic or penal as our previous double-fairway installment — #16 at the Lido Golf Club — the 400-/385-yard 13th hole at Bethpage's Red Course is an interesting change of pace from the series of long par-4s that precedes it.
The staff at Wind Watch Golf & Country Club spent years tinkering with and lengthening its opening hole, eventually maxing it out to a 491-yard par-5 before the 2010 season. With nowhere else to stretch it in the physical sense, new management at Wind Watch moved the hole on the scorecard instead — across the
Storms have done a number on the Merrick Road Park Golf Course in recent years, destroying several veteran trees around the bayside nine, including notables on #2 and #5. One of them, however, is making a comeback after its brush with Mother Nature. The fairway tree in the middle of the par-4 fourth is climbing
A pre-Barclays round at Bethpage State Park's Red Course is a few strokes softer thanks to the behind-the-scenes work to prepare its next-door neighbor for the international spotlight. While the Black Course fills with tents and pavilions and all the trimmings associated with a professional golf event, the Red Course will go about its business
In June, the Riverhead Times-Review profiled Ken Weinstein and Chris Wahlers, brothers-in-law and new owners of the nine-hole Sandy Pond Golf Course in Riverhead. The duo took the reins of the 1,070-yard course this past January. With the help of the mild winter, the new owners immediately began making improvements at the course. ’93We turned
Bethpage is still three weeks away from hosting a competitive golf shot at The Barclays — which begins on Thursday, August 23 — but local players are running low on time to enjoy midsummer golf at the park. The Black Course, already operating on a limited schedule, will close for final tournament preparations this Monday,
In places like South Carolina and Florida, backyards and barbecue grills are almost as much a part of some golf courses as Bridgestones and bogeys. Houses in golf-course communities — seemingly more common than not in areas like Myrtle Beach — are nothing more than a slight hook or slice away from the fairways, placing
The Black Course at Bethpage State Park won't close for final preparations for The Barclays until Monday, August 6, but the park has already started to cut down on available tee times as the tournament looms less than a month away. From now until the course's closing early next month, golfers have until 3 p.m.
Spring Lake Golf Club is using the promise of refreshing beverages to lure players to the course for some much-needed iron practice next month. The Middle Island course is offering short clinics to ladies and seniors that will include a glass of wine for the gals and a soda and a hot dog for the