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Golfweek ranks Bethpage, Tallgrass, Montauk among Best Courses You Can Play in 2016

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March 2, 2016

Golfweek released its 2016 Best Courses You Can Play list this week, though for followers interested in seeing what Long Island golf courses made the cut, the mag might as well have reprinted last year's list, or 2014's, or 2013's… It's now seven straight years that the vaunted foursome of Bethpage Black, Bethpage Red, Tallgrass […]

Best of Long Island poll: Bethpage, Heartland, Unique Golf Shop are 2016 winners

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February 14, 2016

Bethpage State Park's reign continues in the annual "Best of LI" poll conducted by the Long Island Press. Long Island Press readers who voted during the months-long survey selected Bethpage as the "Best Golf Course" on Long Island for 2016. The 90-hole mega-complex is the only golf facility to earn top course honors since the

Tallgrass offering 2016 tee-time memberships as threat of solar development lingers

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December 18, 2015

[UPDATE, May 19: Tallgrass will remain open through the summer of 2016, according to Newsday's Mark Herrmann.] The long-term forecast for Tallgrass Golf Course in Shoreham is unstable, to say the least, yet that has not stopped management from proceeding as normal as the winter offseason approaches. Tallgrass is currently accepting tee-time memberships for the

Bethpage Black and Red closing dates

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November 5, 2015

There's just over a week to go in Bethpage Black's 2015 golf season. The famed course at Bethpage State Park will close for the year on Sunday, November 15. Next door, the Red Course will remain open until the end of the month before heading into winter hibernation on Sunday, November 29. Both courses will

Voting open for “Best Golf Course” in 11th annual Long Island Press poll

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October 17, 2015

With the fall season upon us, it's time for Long Island golfers to warm up their click fingers and vote online in the 11th annual Long Island Press "Best of LI" poll. Every October the newspaper opens voting on dozens of goods and services around the Island, including local golf courses, stores and driving ranges.

Bethpage Black aeration, green reconstruction on the schedule this month

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October 1, 2015

The Black Course at Bethpage State Park will undergo its usual fall maintenance this month, but when it reopens for play after aeration, two of its par-3 greens will be out of the rotation. Following aeration, which will close the Black from October 13 to 16, reconstruction will begin on #3 and #14. To make

Bethpage aeration, September closures

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September 11, 2015

The Yellow Course at Bethpage State Park will be closed for aeration on Tuesday, September 22 and Wednesday, September 23. The Blue Course was aerated earlier this month. On Thursday, September 17, all courses will be closed except for Yellow. On Wednesday, September 30, only the Black and Yellow courses will be open for play.

Coming up the 18th, one golfer reflects on Long Island’s best closing holes

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July 15, 2015

by Rob Dimino Earlier this summer, all that stood between me and a sub-80 round was the 18th hole at Stonebridge, a long dogleg right that plays about 430 from the tips. It's not the most challenging hole on the course, but it's a straightforward test after a fun-house round filled with double-tiered and humpback

Bethpage Black closed July 13-17 for New York State Open

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July 3, 2015

The Black Course at Bethpage State Park will be closed sporadically through the month of July for scheduled maintenance and the annual New York State Open. Dark dates for the New York State Open will be Monday, July 13 through Friday, July 17. The Black Course will also be closed every Monday for maintenance (except

Observations: Bethpage Red impressive after rough winter

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June 4, 2015

Feedback from readers has been largely positive regarding the greens at Bethpage State Park, which absorbed a heavy beating from the winter of 2015 and needed until the very end of May to get back to full capacity. For much of the spring, a half-dozen temporary greens were in play on the Black Course, and

Golf on Long Island

A Golfer's Internet Guide to the Public Courses of Nassau & Suffolk

Best of Long Island poll: Bethpage, Heartland, Unique Golf Shop are 2016 winners

Tallgrass offering 2016 tee-time memberships as threat of solar development lingers

Bethpage Black and Red closing dates

Voting open for “Best Golf Course” in 11th annual Long Island Press poll

Bethpage Black aeration, green reconstruction on the schedule this month

Bethpage aeration, September closures

Coming up the 18th, one golfer reflects on Long Island’s best closing holes

Bethpage Black closed July 13-17 for New York State Open

Observations: Bethpage Red impressive after rough winter

Golf on Long Island

A Golfer's Internet Guide to the Public Courses of Nassau & Suffolk