Golf’s national championship returns to Long Island the week of June 15 when Shinnecock Hills hosts its sixth U.S. Open and fifth since 1986. When it was last played in Southampton in 2018, Brooks Koepka held on to win by a stroke over Tommy Fleetwood, who surged into second place with a Sunday 63. The […]
The golf world will make its way to the East End beginning June 15, the Monday of U.S. Open week at Shinnecock Hills. As most Long Islanders know, heading to the East End, even on a normal June Monday, means traffic, merges, and a slow crawl through the South Fork. Now add tens of thousands
**UPDATED FOR 2026** Long Island can be confusing and intimidating for out-of-towners. Of course, the best place to relax and let troubles melt away is on the golf course. The following guide is intended to help visitors on Long Island find their bearings and get to the first tee. Especially with the U.S. Open returning to Shinnecock Hills
Behind the 11th green at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club last September, Scott Langley put on a short-game clinic. The four-time U.S. Open competitor and the low amateur at Pebble Beach in 2010 threw high lobs over the hillsides, hoping to spin and stick them near the flag. Then he skipped low pitches up the rising
The golf course and neighboring wastewater treatment plant at Bergen Point have always been linked by name and by unique history, and now after more than 50 years, that connection in name has come to an end. Bergen Point Golf Course is now formally known as Santapogue Creek County Golf Course. Suffolk County announced the
The REV Tour, an amateur golf league and tournament format originally launched in Utah, is now open for play on Long Island. It provides local players with an outlet for competition that’s more casual and convenient than a typical amateur tour, with top performers able to advance to regional and national tournaments at premier courses
The Black Course at Bethpage State Park will open for the 2026 season on April 15. Online reservations for the course will be available starting tonight on the New York State Parks website. Black’s reopening next week means four of the park’s five courses will be operating as usual by mid-April, though some remain limited
When the driving range at Bethpage State Park reopens to golfers later this spring, it will look nothing like it did before. Most importantly to many Bethpage golfers, it will sound nothing like before either. Bethpage’s practice facility is currently undergoing a major reconstruction project focusing on the installation of modern Inrange hitting bays and
Two of the most famous shots in the history of United States championship golf took flight, 72 years apart, on opposite ends of Long Island’s south shore with strikingly similar results. Beside Inwood Country Club’s 18th fairway, a small plaque sits in a stretch of rough near the New York City border. It marks the
There are signs of spring after all — golf course reopening dates. St. Patrick’s Day is typically the unofficial reopening day for Long Island’s seasonal golf courses, but a true winter complete with blizzards and subzero temps has changed the outlook in 2026. Nevertheless, Long Island’s golf courses are preparing to launch for spring, even