O/T: Help - Golf in Long Island

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I'm on vacation for a month in Long Island (Southampton) and keen to play the best courses.

Am due to turn up at Bethpage next Wednesday having played Long Island National, Swan Lake and Cheery Creek this week.

Anyone have any good courses to recommend? Price not important.

Is there any way to get on at Shinnecock?

Thanks

Since you are out that way..Here's one

Montauk Downs State Park Golf Course

50 S. Fairview Ave.
Montauk, NY 11954-5240
631-668-1100

Ok, here's the deal: You'll need to budget an entire day to play this course, as it is located at the furthest point east on Long Island and takes an eternity to get to. If you drive into the Atlantic Ocean, you've gone to far, but not by much. Your reward for the lengthy jaunt along Route 27 is one of the most scenic and fun, not to mention challenging, courses imaginable. The course is tucked on piece of land between the Long Island Sound and the Atlantic Ocean, meaning wind. Lots of it, all the time. Montauk Downs is annually rated in Golf Digest as one of the top 50 public golf courses in the country. The signature hole? Just about all of them.
Hours

dawn-dusk year round (weather permitting, closed Christmas Day 631-668-5000)
Course

18 holes, par 72

Distance

Blue: 6,762
White: 6,289
Red: 5,797

Driving Range

Fee (Call for fees, 631-668-1100), Hours (Dawn-dusk year-round), 12 stalls, clinics, pro shop

Features

Club rentals, carts, lessons, driving range, putting green, clubhouse with grill room, snack bar, clinics, catering.

Fees

Weekdays: $36, NYS residents; $72 non-NYS residents.
Weekends: $41, NYS residents; $82 non-NYS residents.
Carts: $16

Here's another one Par 71

The Woods at Cherry Creek

967 Reeves Ave.
Riverhead, NY 11901
631-506-0777

The Woods is the newer, and more challenging of the two courses that make up Cherry Creek Golf Links. It opened in 2002, six years after the Links courses, and features heavily tree-lined fairways that offer a secluded feel for the player. At 6,565 yards from the tips, the Woods is not exceptionally long and the trees do hide some of the wind. However the number of gentle doglegs and water holes restrict the use of the driver for the skilled player. It is more of a shotmaker's course.
Hours

Open weekends only.
Course

18 holes, par 71

Distance

Blue: 6,565
White: 6,306
Yellow: 5,703
Red: 5,160

Features

Stonewalls Restaurant, a Zagat award-winning eatery.

Fees

Winter rates: $40 walking, $50 riding. Rates apply all day.

Scorecard

The Woods at Cherry Creek scorecard

Slope

Blue: 133
White: 130
Yellow: 125
Red: 122

Status

Public

USGA Rating

Blue: 71.6
White: 70.2
Yellow: 67.4
Red: 69.4

Wow, very nice. I go there most every year (southhampton) with my wifes family as they have a place there. I went up to Riverhead for some golf on the cheap with the father-in-law at Cherry Creek (I GOT A 4 on the PAR 6). ENJOY.

Also, since you are going to Bethpage which is Nassau

You might want to try one of my Favs....

Harbor Links Golf Course

1 Fairway Dr.
Port Washington, NY 11050-4669
516-767-4816
Fax: 516-767-4812

Harbor Links, designed by Dr. Michael Hurdzan, was built in 1998 on a reclaimed sand mine adjacent to water. It has some interesting features, including a stabilized sand bluff with teeing areas that step up a steep slope. Three holes have split fairways, which allow the golfer a choice off the tee. Holes 12 and 13 sit on an area that was used for tailings from the mine and look very similar to a western style desert course. The nine-hole executive course is a still challenge for skilled golfers yet comfortable for the beginner, too.
Hours

Sunrise-sunset daily except Mon., 8 a.m-sunset.
Upcoming Events

Aug. 1
Learn Golf for Charity
Proceeds donated to the Foundation for Sight and Sound, includes driving range and putting green tips from pros, longest drive and putting contests, open bar and buffet, silent auction

Website

www.harborlinks.com
E-mail address


Course

18 holes, par 72
9 holes, par 31

Distance

Green: 6,927
White: 6,490
Gold: 5,991
Red: 5,465
9-hole course
Back: 1,668
Front: 1,460

Driving Range

Hours (6 a.m.-9 p.m. ), 40 stalls, grass tees (lessons only), practice greens, lessons

Features

The Grill Room, outings, lessons, clinics, schools, driving range, cart rentals, mini-golf, snack bar

Fees

Tuesday-Thursday: $40-66, depending on age and residency.
Friday-Sunday: $66-106.
Twilight: $25-$52, depending on season and residency.
Carts: $19
Executive course
$10-24, based on age, day and residency. Carts: $10.

Information

516-767-4816 (reservations requested)

Miniature Golf

Fee ($5), Hours (8 a.m.-sunset April 1-Nov. 30.), 18 holes

Slope

Green: 129
White: 125
Gold: 130
Red: 121

USGA Rating

Green: 73.4
White: 71.4
Gold: 68.9
Red: 69.1

copacabana said:

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I'm on vacation for a month in Long Island (Southampton) and keen to play the best courses.

Am due to turn up at Bethpage next Wednesday having played Long Island National, Swan Lake and Cheery Creek this week.

Anyone have any good courses to recommend? Price not important.

Is there any way to get on at Shinnecock?

Thanks

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when you play at bethpage make sure you play the black course/ then BLUE then Green /then RED

you will enjoy all of these courses

you shall enjoy the bethpage courses better than the first three you have played

also try to play oyster bay public course



suffolk courses

http://www.discoverlongisland.com/map_golf_details.cfm/ID/2


try to play Smithtown landing (I believe its number 9 )


I have played these courses my whole life . I think you will enjoy these

Thanks for all your help.

Have found The Links at Shirley on that discoverlongisland link which looks great.

It's painful staying 5 minutes from Shinnecock and not being able to play!

copacabana, Shinnecock is very hard to get on.

Any course during July/August is going to be real hard to get on east of Riverhead . Believe me, I lived in the Hamptons for 7 years and tried many a time.

bellyputter said:

copacabana, Shinnecock is very hard to get on.

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that depends

I have personally played about 1/2 dozen times. 3 months during the year they shut the place down, I had a nice hookup with the people fixing the place, went right on nobody said nothing.
some good memories

I rate shirley as average when I played ..but thats me..


your gonna love the black course when you play at bethpage.......