Bethpage State Park's seasonal golf course trio — Green, Red and Black — will soon begin its gradual reopening for 2024, starting with the Green Course on Saturday, March 16.
The Red Course will reopen for play on Saturday, March 30, and Bethpage Black will follow two weeks later on Saturday, April 13. Bethpage's Blue and Yellow courses have remained open year-round.
New to the park in 2024 is the rollout of a system that will allow online payments for advance tee-time reservations. (No need to double-check your calendar — it's indeed 2024, not 2004.) The park sent out notices earlier this month outlining the new system, which will debut with a test run on Yellow Course reservations in mid-March. If all goes well, the park plans to expand the service to other courses throughout the season.
Players will be able to pay and check in for their tee times via a link in their email confirmation. There are conditions, however. Among them:
- Payments can only be made on the day of play
- The reservation holder must pay for the entire group
- Online payments cannot be made on groups with mixed price points (ex. residents and non-residents; seniors and non-seniors)
- When the weather is dicey, the park recommends making payments in the office. Credit card refunds will not be issued for inclement weather.
The online check-in allows players to go directly to the starter booth as long as they don't need to rent a motor or pull cart. Those players will still need to go inside for service.
Additional info is available by calling the golf office at (516) 249-0701.
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