Thinking about fall course aeration is depressing when it's still the heart of summer, but you can't ignore the fact that seasonal maintenance is just around the corner. And since most of the aeration at Bethpage will be done during what's technically summer, we can call the brief two-day closures "summer breaks" if it makes […]
[This schedule was updated on September 22, 2022.] September is aeration month at Long Island golf courses, and maintenance dates are good to know for local players planning their late-summer and fall rounds. The following public golf courses will be closed for play (unless otherwise noted) while undergoing fairway and/or greens aeration. All dates below
[This schedule was updated on September 19, 2021] September is aeration month at Long Island golf courses, and maintenance dates are good to know for local players planning their late-summer and fall rounds. The following public golf courses will be closed for play (unless otherwise noted) while undergoing fairway and/or greens aeration: Eisenhower White —
Aeration season is set to get underway at Bethpage State Park, and first up for the hole-punch treatment is the Blue Course, which will close for fall maintenance on August 31 and September 1. Its neighbor, the Yellow Course (pictured), will close for aeration September 2 and 3. Bethpage's other three courses will close according
The sudden arrival of mid-winter weather has pushed Timber Point Golf Course into an early offseason hibernation. The Suffolk muni typically holds out until the end of the calendar year, but the course announced it is officially closed until spring due to this week's snow and frigid temps. Timber Point usually reopens by mid-March. Be
Long Island golf courses are beginning to schedule aeration for late summer and fall, with some about to get underway this month. Timber Point Golf Course will aerate its three nines this week, beginning with the Blue Course on Tuesday, August 20. The courses will close as follows: August 20: Blue CourseAugust 21: Red CourseAugust
Anyone in the mood to play 36 holes on a steamy summer day will be greeted with open arms and a special lunch menu this month at Cherry Creek in Riverhead. The home of the Links and Woods courses is offering a Replay Special through August that covers a morning 18 followed by a second
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
Cherry Creek's two courses in Riverhead and Pine Ridge Golf Club in Coram are partnering once again this fall season to pitch a "Golf Trifecta" special that offers 54 holes at a steep discount. The Trifecta special includes one round at each course — Cherry Creek's lengthy, driver-friendly Links Course, the tree-lined Woods Course and
Golf On Long Island received a tip from reader John Usher that the West Sayville Golf Course has already packed it in for the 2014 season. The Suffolk County-owned course typically reopens in mid-March. Meanwhile, there is still more than a week to get some swings in at Timber Point Golf Course in Great River.