Want to treat a family golfer or a frequent playing partner to some Long Island golf? One way to do it is to pick up some gift cards from area courses.
But do you also love the ease of online shopping and its traffic-free comfort? Then the Spring Lake Golf Club and Middle Island Country Club could be of help. Both courses offer gift cards/certificates on their websites, and both will send them to you with free shipping.
Spring Lake offers cards of $25, $50, $100 and $200. You can also purchase a series of three 1/2-hour lessons on the Spring Lake site for $99. Middle Island's certificates are valued at $50, $100 and $250.
The two 27-hole facilities are located about a mile from each other in Middle Island. Spring Lake has two courses — the 18-hole Thunderbird and the nine-hole Sandpiper. A flyover of the Sandpiper course can be found here.
Middle Island CC offers a trio of nine-hole layouts — Spruce, Dogwood and Oak. Spruce was recently remodeled, and Dogwood is scheduled for a makeover in 2009. Both Dogwood and Oak are heavily wooded courses, while Spruce offers much greater breathing room. Read more about the Spruce nine here.