[This post was updated on November 28, 2011.] On one side of Route 110 in Farmingdale, small planes soar into the sky from the runways of Republic Airport. Directly across the road, hundreds of golf balls do the same from the stalls of the Skydrive Golf Center. With 72 heated stalls for casual tune-ups, intense […]
The annual Long Island Golf Show will take place March 25-27 at Suffolk County Community College in Brentwood, with two-time major champion John Daly serving as the event's marquee guest. Daly, winner of the 1991 PGA Championship and 1995 British Open, will appear at the show on Saturday, March 26. Also making a guest appearance
The first thing visitors typically notice when they pull into the parking lot at the Mill Pond Golf Course in Medford is the sprawling driving range on the west side of the clubhouse. It's here where players prepare their swings for the wide-open fairways and breezy, mostly treeless layout that stretches out over both sides
In addition to its 90 golf holes, Bethpage State Park also boasts one of Long Island's best pro shops. It is here where local players grab a last-minute sleeve of Callaways before running out to the starter, or an umbrella and towel after they've booked 18 in the rain. It is also from here where
Thanks to Old Man Winter, the only golfing to be done on Long Island since Christmas has been in a simulator or on a Nintendo Wii. Still, keep an eye on these offseason rates just in case the grass emerges sometime in the near future. Mill Pond: $30 to walk, $40 to ride weekdays (residents),
Golfing Magazine recently announced its 2010 Long Island Dream Golf Club, this season's collection of the Island's finest 18 holes and top off-course facilities. The club's six public golf holes can all be found on the front nine of this 6,636-yard par-71. Every Monday through the winter, Golf On Long Island will feature one public
Long Island hasn't seen a four-peat like this since 1983. And unlike the Islanders, Bethpage State Park won't stop contending for more titles anytime soon (or move to Queens). Bethpage once again finished on top of the "Best Golf Course" category in the Best of Long Island survey run annually by the Long Island Press.
Golfing Magazine recently announced its 2010 Long Island Dream Golf Club, this season's collection of the Island's finest 18 holes and top off-course facilities. The club's six public golf holes can all be found on the front nine of this 6,636-yard par-71. Every Monday through the winter, Golf On Long Island will feature one public
Most public golf courses on Long Island remain open through the cold, sometimes harsh winters. Conditions are typically decent until snow blankets the ground for the first time. Then, the still-green turf turns dull and sloppy, putting surfaces shut down and players are redirected toward crudely chalked circles near the end of the fairway. This
The Nassau County municipal golf courses at Bay Park in East Rockaway and Christopher Morley Park in Roslyn are closed for the season. Both nine-hole par-30s will reopen sometime in March. Bay Park is a flat, wide-open course exposed to strong winds off Hewlett Bay and surrounding inlets. Christopher Morley is shorter and tighter. Nassau's