[Looking for this year's camp info? See the Guide to 2024 Summer Golf Camps on Long Island.] The transition from winter to spring golf season has been extremely slow to get moving, much to the dismay of eager area golfers. So while stuck inside waiting for the return of enjoyable course conditions, you might as […]
Golfweek placed Bethpage Black and Red, Tallgrass and Montauk Downs in its annual Best Courses You Can Play listing back in 2010, and since then, the four courses haven't budged. For the fifth straight year, this Long Island foursome landed in Golfweek's ranking of the best public courses in New York State. Golfweek released the
New York State is preparing to announce a $65 million Jones Beach restoration project that will renovate old, historic structures and add new food and recreation facilities, according to Newsday. The park's pitch-and-putt golf course, closed since Hurricane Sandy, will be replaced by one of those new additions. Bordered by the beach on the south
Kids and teens across Long Island have a few more weeks to tune up before the 2014 USSSA Junior Golf Tour gets underway. Once it tees off it's a race to the top of the leaderboard and a spot in the organization's national championship. The 2014 USSSA Junior Golf Tour begins next month with a
The Town of Huntington has approved a new fee schedule for parks and recreation facilities, according to Newsday. Included in the changes are small fee increases at the town's municipal golf courses. Newsday reported earlier this week that green fees are up $1 "across the board" at Crab Meadow Golf Course and Dix Hills Park.
Golfing Magazine's annual Free Golf Program is back in 2014, and so is its Early Bird Special, which gives local golfers a discount on already-discounted rates at top courses across the Island. For $39 now through the end of April, the Hicksville-based magazine's Free Golf Program includes a one-year subscription plus a certificate that entitles
Despite the poor winter weather, the Black and Red courses at Bethpage State Park are slated to reopen on their typical April schedule. Bethpage Black will open for the 2014 season on April 12, according to a park announcement. The Red Course will open April 1. Bethpage's other three courses — two of which, the
The Links Course at Cherry Creek is open for play and currently preparing for a St. Patrick's Day shotgun outing that includes Irish eats and on-course contests. Tee time for the event is 9:00 a.m. on Monday, March 17. Entry fee is $69, which includes food, drinks and motor cart. Check-in and breakfast begin at
Timber Point Golf Course will open for play on Friday, March 14, but it will kick off the new season in festive style a few days later with a St. Patrick's Weekend scramble and dinner gathering on Sunday, March 16. As usual, Timber Point's annual holiday outing — a nine-hole, four-person scramble — will include
There is light at the end of this long, cold tunnel — the spring golf season is about to start on Long Island. Opening Day for some of Long Island's seasonal golf courses is only a week away. Spring will be greeted with a hero's welcome following an offseason that began with an ominous forecast