Motor carts for single riders only will be available as soon as Saturday at some Long Island county and town golf courses, according to Newsday's Jeff Williams.
The Suffolk County municipal courses at Bergen Point, Indian Island, Timber Point and West Sayville will allow the use of motor carts for golfers age 65 and over, and disabled players of all ages, beginning this Saturday.
Town-owned golf courses at Brentwood Country Club, Holbrook Country Club, Gull Haven, Mill Pond, Rolling Oaks and Smithtown Landing will also permit single-rider carts under Suffolk County's guidelines.
In Nassau County, all players can rent single-rider carts beginning Monday, May 11, at Eisenhower Park's Blue and White courses.
Following the reopening of golf courses in late April, seniors and players with disabilities complained that New York State's walking-only restriction prevented them from returning to the course. Under the state's revised business guidelines, as a non-essential business, golf courses can allow play with only security and maintenance personnel on site. With no golf employees, facilities like the clubhouse, pro shop and presumably a cart shed are to remain closed.
However, municipal facilities are exempt from the state's essential and non-essential classifications. There is no word yet on when non-municipal public courses will be able to rent motor carts.
Business regulations are expected to be loosened when the state's "NYS On Pause" shutdown expires on May 15.
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