Friar's Head turf conditions
Friar's Head is soft in places today
Playable but soft, carts may be path only.
- 0.02 in of rain in the last 48 hours against a high-drainage soil profile.
- Warm and breezy at 66F with 11 mph wind, which pulls water off the turf faster.
- Winter: ground is cooler and drains more slowly, so the call is one level more cautious.
Long Island's North Fork features sandy glacial outwash soils. Friar's Head is a modern links-style course built on coastal dunes with exceptional natural drainage.
This is a model reading from rainfall, soil drainage and root-zone soil moisture, not a report from the course. Call ahead before you drive out if the call matters.
Is Friar's Head in NY wet or dry today? DryLies gives you the live turf status before you drive out, fusing on-the-ground reports from real golfers with a weather-driven drainage model (48-hour rainfall and the course's soil profile). See whether Friar's Head is playable right now, whether carts are cart-path-only, any frost delay, and a 7-day playability forecast.
Common questions
Is Friar's Head playable today? DryLies reads the last 48 hours of rainfall against the course drainage and on-site golfer reports, then shows a live green, yellow, or red status so you know before you drive out.
Is Friar's Head wet or dry right now? Green means dry, yellow means spongy and carts may be path only, red means wet or closed. The status refreshes as rainfall and reports come in.
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