Until April 1, Long Island golfers can take advantage of Golfing Magazine's Early Bird Special on its annual Free Golf Program. For $39, participants in the program receive a certificate good for single rounds at several area courses as well as a one-year subscription (five issues) to the magazine. The 2010 program will likely include […]
The middle of March is a time of golf rebirth on Long Island. For Mel Mindich, owner of The Links at Shirley, this March will instead be an especially cruel one, a time of dark skies and gloomy forecasts. When courses around the Island get into the full swing of spring, Mindich's will not take
Who needs all the Tiger Woods talk? The real discussion should be about the combination of 60- to 70-degree afternoons and special March rates at some of Long Island's top public courses. At the Great Rock Golf Club in Wading River, players can challenge the Island's slickest greens for no more than $49 between now
The Brentwood and Holbrook Country Clubs will reopen for the 2010 season this Wednesday, March 17. Both Town of Islip courses have been closed since mid-December. Tee times are available beginning at 6 a.m. on weekends and 6:30 on weekdays. Twilight rates kick in at 2 p.m. Brentwood is a 6,173-yard par-72 that is mostly
Celebrate St. Patrick's Day this year with corned beef and Callaways at the Crab Meadow Golf Course's annual Leprechaun Golf Classic. The Northport course invites all Long Islanders to participate in the season's first public golf outing next Wednesday, March 17, complete with food, beer and prizes. The Classic begins at 10:00 a.m. with a
The 2010 season begins today at the Crab Meadow Golf Course in Northport. The hilly and scenic par-72 near the Long Island Sound is set to welcome golfers back in the midst of a late-winter wave of warm temps. If this past weekend is an indicator, there will likely be a nice crowd in Northport
Bethpage State Park is slowly but surely shaking off the lingering snow from a rough offseason and preparing to welcome Long Island golfers back for the 2010 season. The Yellow and Blue courses, open for business all winter but rarely used due to weather, will be joined by the Green next weekend when the course
The Swan Lake Golf Club will reopen for play this Saturday, March 6, assuming the winter rain and snow take a break from pummeling the Northeast. Winter rates at the Manorville course are $39 to walk and $49 to ride during the week, and $44/$58 on weekends (breakfast or lunch is included before noon). A
The Tallgrass Country Club has been hard to find on the Internet this winter, but the great Shoreham course resurfaced on the web recently at its new and hopefully permanent home — www.TallgrassGC.com. A redesign makes the site easier to navigate and a bit more concise than the previous address, which led to nothing resembling
The month of February has been a miserable one for Long Island golfers. Snow storms completely washed out the mid-winter golf season, and more threaten to be a major disruption in the weeks ahead. The only consolation is that March and April signal rebirth on the Long Island golf scene. Golf On Long Island readers