Tallgrass Golf Course in Shoreham will welcome back walkers this Wednesday, March 2, the course's grand reopening date after a snowed-out winter. The first group will go out at 9 a.m. Sign in before noon and play all day for $40 ($30 after noon). The wind-swept course on Suffolk County's north shore was ranked #8 […]
Hard to believe, but we're only a few hours away from March. Typically, the end of February brings five days of the Accenture Match Play Championship on television and leaves you primed for any sort of golf competition. Luckily, it also means the annual Leprechaun Golf Classic at the Crab Meadow Golf Course is only
Golf On Long Island planned to tee it up for the first time in 2011 this past weekend, but this winter of golfers' discontent struck again — ironically through warm weather that drew sun-starved Long Islanders in droves to nearby fairways and driving ranges. But just because Rob couldn't crack the tee sheet at Lido
Give Long Islanders clear grass, a sunny sky and 50-degree temps in late February and all of a sudden you're battling for tee times as if it's an August morning at Bethpage. After being snowed out for two months, Golf On Long Island was gearing up to make its 2011 debut this afternoon, but another
It's been a long winter for golfers in the Northeast. Golf has been an afterthought since Christmas, when a blizzard dumped two feet of snow and, with help from follow-up storms, effectively buried the winter playing season on Long Island. However, there is at least one positive to emerge from the never-disappearing layer of winter
For the first time in nearly two months, we can see expanses of grass once again. Will area golf courses be up and running again anytime soon? Die-hard winter golfers can only hope. Now that a 60-degree day has provided a delicious taste of spring, we might as well throw out another batch of discount
The USGA has already brought two U.S. Opens to Nassau County. According to an Associated Press report, the PGA might bring a tournament of their own as soon as next season. A source informed the AP that The Barclays, the opening playoff tournament of the FedEx Cup, is negotiating with the PGA Tour to bring
In a statement released last week, the Town of Oyster Bay announced that membership fees for the town golf course in Woodbury will not rise for the 2011 season. The Oyster Bay Town Board voted to keep membership rates the same for the third consecutive year. Members of the Town of Oyster Bay Golf Course
Cristy Grzymala, director of golf at the Spring Lake Golf Club in Middle Island, will run an indoor "SNAG" clinic for juniors on Saturday, February 19 at 11:00 a.m. in the facility's catering hall. SNAG (Starting New At Golf) is a comprehensive system that simplifies golf instruction for kids and provides them the opportunity to
It seems the farther east you play golf on Long Island, the less chance you'll have to leave the course hungry. Last year's Long Island Dream Club restaurant was Blackwells at the Great Rock Golf Club in Wading River, one of the best and most relaxing settings for a post-round beer and burger (and steak,