The Tallgrass Country Club is holding an open golf outing on Wednesday, August 25, with shotgun start scheduled for 9:00 a.m. All golfers are invited to participate. The event includes motor cart on the course, continental breakfast and range balls before the round, barbecue lunch at the turn, and prizes throughout the day. Entry fee […]
"Firm and fast" is a pair of adjectives not typically used to describe Long Island fairways, but with the scorching hot summer of 2010 depriving golf courses of the rainwater they desperately need, one course is playing even closer to its links-style design. Tee shots were bouncing, bouncing, rolling and rolling (and rolling) during our
The recent (and ongoing) heat wave has done little to keep us off the fairways — or more accurately, in the rough — of Long Island's golf courses. Earlier this week, Golf On Long Island visited Wading River's Great Rock Golf Club for another showdown with a course that demands pinpoint accuracy and a deft
Polish your game at the Tallgrass Country Club this summer, where pro Phil Tita and his staff will hold free player-development clinics every Sunday through Labor Day. Each one-hour clinic begins at 2 p.m. and includes a demonstration and mini-lesson. Sessions rotate each week and cover iron play, chipping, putting, woods and sand play. The
National Saferides, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing transportation for impaired drivers, will hold its first annual golf outing on Monday, July 12 at Long Island National Golf Club in Riverhead. The charity event is open to all golfers. Registration for the National Saferides Golf Classic is $700 per foursome, though smaller groups and individuals
When Bethpage Black opens up next Tuesday, April 13, New York State's premier public golf facility will be fully operational for the 2010 season. As a welcome-back gesture that many area golfers wish was just a poor April Fools Day joke, the state will ask all players — especially senior and juniors — to dig
The Crab Meadow Golf Course continues to coax area players out the front door and onto the first tee on holiday mornings. This Easter Sunday, April 4, Crab Meadow is offering a $60 golf special that includes continental breakfast, motor cart, range balls, a complimentary sleeve of balls and 18 holes on one of Suffolk
The historic Red Course at Eisenhower Park will reopen for the 2010 season this Tuesday, March 30. Nassau County residents with a Leisure Pass can begin making tee-time reservations online for any of the three Eisenhower courses. Home of the 1926 PGA Championship, Eisenhower Red — designed by famed architect Devereux Emmet — is one
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 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