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(UPDATE:  As of March 2010, Tallgrass can be found at its newest website, www.TallgrassGC.com.  See this post for more details.) Due to some technical issues, the Tallgrass Country Club in Shoreham can now be found at its new web address — www.tallgrasscountryclub.com.  For more information, check out Golf On Long Island's course flyover of the […]

Back in January, I noted here that the website for the Pine Hills Country Club in Manorville was out of service.  That's nothing uncommon during the offseason, and a staff member at the course assured me that Pine Hills is open every day of the year except Christmas. Well, the offseason came and went, and

[This flyover was updated on July 28, 2023.] A west-to-east golf tour along the Long Island Expressway would culminate somewhere out in Manorville or Riverhead, at a lengthy course like Rock Hill or on the Island's only par-6, the 18th hole at Cherry Creek Links.  The first, western-most stop on such an Expressway golf tour

The Crab Meadow Golf Club will host the 17th annual Northport American Legion Golf Outing next Monday, April 27.  The event begins at 9:00 with breakfast and a warm-up on the range before a shotgun start at 11:00.  Entry fee for the outing is $150 per person and includes cart, range balls, all beverages and

Much will be made in the weeks leading up to the U.S. Open in June about Bethpage Black and its standing among the country's greatest courses, just as it was discussed in 2002, and again two years later when the Open was held at Shinnecock Hills.  But Bethpage and Shinnecock are just two pictures —

Bethpage will be the center of the golf universe in a little more than two months, and until then, local and visiting amateurs can get a taste of the Black course before it shuts down for U.S. Open preparations.  The Black reopened yesterday for its abbreviated spring season, which will come to a close on

The Crab Meadow Golf Club in Northport will host an Easter Sunday Shotgun Outing this weekend, April 12.  Players can warm up on the range and enjoy a continental breakfast before the first ball leaves the tee around 8:00.  With luck, the holiday morning will include nice weather, strong play and enough time to make

Thanks to some springtime maintenance, golfers at the Middle Island Country Club can take advantage of winter rates up to and beyond the Masters.  After previously extending its offseason discount through the end of March, Middle Island will now offer winter rates on Spruce, Dogwood and Oak through April 15 as payback for this week's