The Nassau County Parks Department has four executive-level nine-hole golf courses conveniently located throughout the county for the enjoyment of residents and their guests, open from approximately March through the early winter.
“By definition, the nine-hole courses are less challenging than our 18-hole courses and as such they rovide experienced golfers a perfect opportunity to enjoy a relaxing game or new golfers the opportunity to learn the game,” says Gene Contino, superintendent of golf operations.
Phone numbers: golf information, 571-8120; golf waiting times, 571-8119; general telephone number, 516-571-8113.
Location: Roslyn-North Hills, Searingtown Road north of LIE (Exit 36).
Central Nassau
Cantiague Park
This 1,878-yard, par-30 course is open from: 5:30 a.m.-7 p.m. during the summer and 7 a.m.-3:30 p.m. in the winter; the course is closed on Tuesdays.
Phone numbers: golf information, 571-7061; golf waiting times, 571-7062; general telephone number, 516-571-7056.
Location: Hicksville, West John Street east of Cantiague Rock Road (between Southern State and 106/107).
South Shore
Bay Park
This 1,956-yard, par-30 course is open from 5:30 a.m.-7 p.m. during the summer and from 7 a.m.-3:30 p.m. in the winter; the course is closed on Wednesdays.
Phone numbers: golf information, 571-7242; golf waiting times, 571-7244; general telephone number, 516-571-7245.
Location: East Rockaway, First Avenue.
North Woodmere Park
This 2,282-yard, par-31 course is open from: 5:30 a.m.-7 p.m. during the summer and 7 a.m.-3:30 p.m. in the winter; the course is closed on Thursdays.
Phone numbers: golf information, 571-7814 or 7815; golf waiting times, 571-7813; general telephone number, 516-571-7801.
Location: North Woodmere, Branch Boulevard and Hungry Harbor Road (west of Peninsula Boulevard).
Long Island Press Names Eisenhower Golf "Best of Long Island" Course
The Long Island Press has included the Eisenhower Park golf course among its “Best of Long Island” public courses, in its January 10 issue. Each year, the weekly newspaper publishes a “Best of Long Island” issue in which it touts the best services and companies in a wide range of categories.
The Eisenhower Park golf facility, which includes three 18-hole courses, is one of the busiest and finest public courses in the New York metropolitan area. In 2007, Newsday named the Red course at Eisenhower No. 4 among its top-10 list of public courses on Long Island.
The Red course has a storied history, having been designed by prominent golf architect Devereux Emmet in 1914 and having hosted PGA championships as far back as 1926. These days, the Red course plays host to the PGA Tour’s Commerce Bank Championship (scheduled in 2008 from from June 23-29).
A second championship-level course, the White, was designed by Robert Trent Jones, a major 20th-century architect of American courses. Jones also designed the third 18-hole course at Eisenhower, the Blue.
During the winter, the White and Blue courses are open seven days a week, as weather allows.
As Warm Weather Descends in January , County Golf Courses Draw Summer-Like Crowds
As the temperature on Tuesday, January 8, soared into the 60s, golfers in large numbers took to the links at the four County courses that were open, announced Nassau County Executive Thomas R. Suozzi
By mid-afternoon at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow, the 18-hole White and Blue courses had recorded some 500 rounds of golf, close to the level of activity that is recorded on a weekday in spring or summer. (The 18-hole championship Red course is closed for the winter.)
In addition, two of the County’s four nine-hole courses were open, at Cantiague Park in Hicksville and North Woodmere Park, where a combined total of more than 300 rounds was recorded.
All four of the courses remain open in winter seven days a week, as weather allows, as do the three driving ranges at Eisenhower, Cantiage and North Woodmere parks.
For information about Eisenhower golf, call 516-572-0327 or 0328; for information about the Eisenhower driving range, call 572-0336. For information about Cantiague Park golf and the driving range, call 571-7061 and 571-7082, respectively. For information about North Woodmere Park golf and the driving range, call 571-7814 or 7815.
Newsday Ranks Eisenhower "Red" Among Top 10 Public Golf Courses on the Island
In May 31 2007, Newsday ranked the Eisenhower "Red" golf course at Eisenhower Park No. 4 among its top 10 public golf course on Long Island.
The Red course, one of three 18-hole golf courses at Eisenhower Park, has a storied history. Originally, it was part of the exclusive Salisbury Golf Club, begun by wealthy Long Islanders such as A.T. Stewart, a 19th-century retailer and property magnate who founded the Village of Garden City. The Red was designed in 1914 by a prominent local golf course architect, Devereux Emmet, who was married to one of Stewart’s nieces. Emmet was also a descendant of Thomas Addison Emmet, a founder of New York City’s Tammany Hall political machine.
Most of Emmet’s courses were designed during the era of hickory-shafted clubs and were short by current standards, at around 6,000 yards. (The U.S. Golf Association did not accept the use of steel shafts until 1924.) Today, the course measures 7,030 yards from the championship tees, 6,784 yards from the middle tees, and 5,588 yards from the forward tees. Working with PGA Tour architects, the Parks Department’s experienced golf crew is continually enhancing the quality of this championship course.
The Red course’s history with championship golf goes back to 1926, when the course hosted the PGA Championship. In that contest, legendary golfer Walter Hagan won the third of four consecutive PGA titles, capturing an $11,100 purse in the process. These days, the Red course plays host to the PGA Tour’s Commerce Bank Championship. PGA golfer Lee Trevino has called Eisenhower Red “one of the better and one of the toughest courses we play.”
From June 23 - June 29, 2008, PGA Tour golfers will again gather at the Red course for the Commerce Bank Championship. This year’s much-anticipated event features some of the finest players on the senior tour in a spectator-friendly venue.
