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Greens aeration at Lido, August 17

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Eighteen holes plus a burger and a brew won't cost as much as they usually do if you drop by the Swan Lake Golf Club on select Mondays and Wednesdays this month.  The Manorville course is offering a $45 special that includes 18 holes and motor cart.  After the round, double-fist a burger and a […]

Pine Ridge to host one leg of “World’s Largest Golf Outing” on August 18

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July golf specials at the Brentwood and Holbrook Country Clubs will stay in effect through August.  Players can still take advantage of rates ranging from $20 to $42, with reservation fee included. You can play and ride at either Town of Islip course for $42 anytime after 11 a.m., or, if you already have a

New York Times profiles Sagaponack’s Poxabogue Golf Center

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The fourth hole at Stonebridge Golf Links is the first of the course's very diverse, interesting par-3s.  It's also home to the course's namesake footbridge.  Sure, it's not quite as historic or glamorous as Augusta National's Hogan and Nelson bridges — and you're typically crossing it only if your tee shot settled woefully left or

Swan Lake dishing discount burgers (and golf) on weekdays this August

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Who knew?  The key to long-awaited amateur-golf glory just might be …. your 8-year-old nephew? Sure.  Thanks to The Family Golf Challenge, adults can team up with the junior golfers in their family (age 7 to 17) to compete in skill competitions and shoot for the opportunity to reach a regional playoff later this year. 

Brentwood, Holbrook extend specials through August

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The Long Island-based Global Recreation Network and its national association, USSSA, are giving junior golfers from ages 9 to 18 the opportunity to compete locally and on a national stage with their Junior Golf Championship Tour, which comes to Mill Pond Golf Course in Medford this weekend, July 30-31. This two-day, 36-hole event will be

Closer Look: Stonebridge Golf Links #4

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Tony D. from Valley Stream chimes in with some first impressions of the Town of Oyster Bay Golf Course in Woodbury: "After the first hole, the course becomes really narrow and doesn't let you breathe until the back nine.  #2 is a long, tight par-5 where it's easy to lose a ball in the trees. 

USSSA Junior Golf Championship Tour to stop at Mill Pond, July 30-31

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Beat the heat this Wednesday, July 20 with a cold drink or two, and buy those cold drinks with the cool cash you could save at a couple of Long Island's toughest public golf courses. Spring Lake Golf Club in Middle Island is running an 18-hole shotgun special Wednesday at 2 p.m.  The $40 rate

Reader Postcard: Town of Oyster Bay GC

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The Boy Scouts of America's Suffolk County Council will host its 2011 F.D.R. Golf Classic on Tuesday, August 9 at Hamlet Wind Watch Golf & Country Club in Hauppauge.  Long Island golfers are invited to participate and help raise money for special-needs Scouting. Entry fee for the event is $225 per player and includes breakfast,

Bethpage Black needs your help in Round 3 of Golf Digest tourney

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Bethpage Black is in the Sweet 16. The NCAA Tournament references live on thanks to Golf Digest's Fans' Choice field-of-64 competition in which the country's top public courses are pitted against one another and advanced by reader vote.  Last week, the famed Black Course clobbered #10-seed The Harvester (Rhodes, IA) by a 134-37 vote to

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