A round of golf in the Five Towns area usually means a tee time at a private club like Seawane, Inwood or Rockaway Hunt, but this season it could also mean 18 on the opposite coast — say, Pebble Beach. The Back Nine, one of Long Island’s newest indoor golf venues, set up shop in […]
Golf courses are full, empty stalls at the driving range are often hard to find, and open slots at junior golf camps tend to disappear fast. Participation in golf remains incredibly high, and more players see the lifelong value of making professional instruction available to new and experienced junior golfers. On Long Island, summer camp
It's going to be a unique season at Bethpage State Park. Unlike past years when the Black Course hosted a U.S. Open or PGA Championship before the summer officially arrived, the presence of late September's Ryder Cup will loom over the whole complex for the entirety of the playing season. Ryder Cup festivities begin on
As most local golfers know, March is reopening month on Long Island. Sure, it’s still barely above freezing outside and the ground is mush, but as far as cold-weather players are concerned, that’s what hand warmers and golf spikes are for. Long Island’s seasonal golf courses are getting set to stick the pins back in
Harbor Links has a new course operator and will soon have a variety of spiffy new amenities to enhance the playing experience. And among those incoming amenities are robots — yes, robots — that will deliver food and drinks to players as they swing their way around the Port Washington golf course. Kelley Brooke, whose
Aside from the leaky cup of lukewarm snack-bar joe, golf and coffee rarely cross paths. But down in Long Beach, behind big storefront windows and a dark awning, there is a lounge-chair-lined intersection where Mizunos meet macchiatos, where the pings of a driver meld with the familiar hiss of a steam wand. Long Beach Coffee
Another list of top public golf courses, another chance for Bethpage State Park's marquee layout to shine. Bethpage Black is featured near the top of the latest course ranking, this time GOLF.com/GOLF Magazine's 2024-2025 list of Top 100 Courses You Can Play, though for once the Black Course is forced to step back and cede
The handful of public golf courses that close for the Long Island winter typically go dark between the end of Thanksgiving weekend and the middle of December. Some might hang on until Christmas week if warm weather lingers, but usually the only courses still open by then are the ones that welcome players year-round. So,
Harbor Links Golf Course, a municipal golf facility owned by the Town of North Hempstead, will be operated by Brooke Holdings LLC starting in 2025, according to a Newsday report. Brooke Holdings LLC is owned by golf professional Kelley Brooke, who also operates the pro shops and instructional programs at several New York State and
For the many Long Island golfers who do not play golf year-round, there is usually a distinct point where the golf season comes to an end. Some might call it a year at Halloween, others Thanksgiving. Some might end it the first time they put the heat on at home, others might end it at