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Bethpage modifies tee-time policy amid “unprecedented demand” for reservations

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Bethpage State Park is updating its tee-time policy starting next week in order to address the "supply and demand" issue that has escalated since the start of the pandemic last spring.  Golfers in the online reservation queue typically outnumber available tee times by hundreds on a daily basis, according to the park. According to a […]

2021 Summer Golf Camps on Long Island

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[Looking for this year's camp info?  See the Guide to 2025 Summer Golf Camps on Long Island.] Golf participation at the junior level is up during the coronavirus era.  The sport's socially distanced nature led many new, young players onto the course in 2020, and according to many local course pros, the demand for structured

Bethpage Red open for 2021, Black to follow as crews finish projects around the course

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Mother Nature washed out Opening Day at Bethpage Red with a soggy April Fools' joke that saturated the course, much like the cold and snow that Old Man Winter whipped up to lop off six weeks of offseason golf and maintenance work.  Bethpage Red instead reopened for the 2021 season yesterday under a stiff breeze,

2021 golf course reopen dates on Long Island

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Every couple of seasons, Old Man Winter takes his frustration out on Long Island golfers, blanketing area golf courses with snow and ice, then blowing in a chill that freezes all that sloppy gray in place.  The 2020-21 winter golf season has been a bust, and it doesn't appear it will turn around anytime soon.

Winter Golf on Long Island: 2020-21 Edition

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Sometimes Long Island's winter golf season gets off to a blazing start — sunny skies, temps in the 60s, a comforting feel of October golf in December.  Other times it's … well, it's not so great.  And the winter of 2020-21 has started off as one of the latter, only fitting since Mother Nature had

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