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Nassau Flyovers

  • Bay Park
  • Bethpage - Black Course
  • Bethpage - Blue Course
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  • Bethpage - Red Course
  • Bethpage - Yellow Course
  • Cantiague Park
  • Christopher Morley Park
  • Eisenhower Park - Blue
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  • Eisenhower Park - White
  • Glen Cove Golf Club
  • Harbor Links - Championship
  • Harbor Links - Executive
  • Lido Golf Club
  • Merrick Road Park
  • Nickerson Dunes Pitch & Putt
  • North Woodmere
  • Oyster Bay GC
  • Peninsula Golf Club
  • The Golf Club at Middle Bay (fka South Bay CC)

Suffolk Flyovers

  • Bergen Point
  • Brentwood Country Club
  • Calverton Links
  • Cedar Beach Pitch & Putt
  • Cedars Golf Club
  • Cherry Creek - Links
  • Cherry Creek - Woods
  • Crab Meadow
  • Dix Hills Golf Club
  • Dix Hills Park
  • The Rock (fka Great Rock)
  • Gull Haven
  • Hamlet Willow Creek
  • Hamlet Wind Watch
  • Heartland Golf Park
  • Heatherwood
  • Holbrook Country Club
  • Indian Island CC
  • Island's End Golf & CC
  • Long Island National
  • Middle Island CC - Dogwood
  • Middle Island CC - Spruce
  • Mill Pond
  • Montauk Downs State Park
  • Northport at the VA
  • Pine Hills CC
  • Pine Ridge
  • Poxabogue
  • Rock Hill
  • Sandy Pond
  • Smithtown Landing CC
  • Spring Lake - Sandpiper
  • Spring Lake - Thunderbird
  • Stonebridge Golf Links
  • Sumpwams Creek Par-3
  • Sunken Meadow - Blue
  • Sunken Meadow - Red
  • Swan Lake
  • Tallgrass
  • The Vineyards GC
  • Timber Point - Blue
  • Timber Point - Red
  • Timber Point - White
  • West Sayville
  • Willow Creek Golf & CC
  • Wind Watch Golf & CC

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Top Courses -- By Slope Rating

Below are lists of the 15 most difficult public golf courses on Long Island, from the two longest sets of tees, as determined by slope rating.

Technically, slope and course rating are figures used for handicap purposes.  However, in simple terms, the slope rating provides a general indication of how difficult a particular course plays for the typical bogey golfer. 

BACK TEES

        148    Bethpage - Black
        141    Montauk Downs
        136    Rock Hill
        133    Lido
        133    Hamlet Willow Creek
        133    Spring Lake - Thunderbird
        132    Long Island National
        132    Pine Ridge
        132    Stonebridge Golf Links
        131    Town of Oyster Bay GC
        130    Hamlet Wind Watch
        130    Cherry Creek - Woods
        129    Great Rock
        129    Pine Hills

MIDDLE TEES

        140    Bethpage - Black
        139    Montauk Downs
        131    Rock Hill
        130    Hamlet Willow Creek
        130    Stonebridge Golf Links
        129    Lido
        129    Cherry Creek - Woods
        128    Spring Lake - Thunderbird
        126    Bethpage - Red
        126    Town of Oyster Bay GC
        126    Great Rock
        126    Hamlet Wind Watch
        126    Long Island National

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