Eisenhower Park will soon be up and running at full speed. The Red Course at Eisenhower Park will reopen for the 2013 season on Friday, April 12, according to park staff. Judging by the hour-long waits reported yesterday on both the Blue and White courses, the Red should see plenty of play right out of […]
Spring aeration begins next week at Bethpage State Park. The Yellow Course is first in line. Aeration is scheduled for Monday, April 1 and Tuesday, April 2. The Red Course, which opened for the 2013 season earlier today, will be aerated starting Monday, April 8. Following Red is the Blue Course on April 15-16 and
The spring weather has been slow to come around. That's not the case, however, for the Brentwood and Holbrook Country Clubs. Both Town of Islip courses are wasting no time getting back into form with their usual seasonal discounts. In April and May, you can ride for $42 or walk 18 holes for only $24.
The spring season arrived a few days early at Timber Point Golf Course in Great River, where on St. Patrick's Day morning, more than 60 golfers put down the shillelagh used in a casual putting challenge and posed for group photos on the practice green. After a few words of gratitude from Timber Point golf
A holiday tradition as welcome as a visit from the Easter Bunny, the Crab Meadow Golf Course will host its annual Easter Sunday shotgun outing on March 31, an early-morning event to kick off a day of food and family. Entry fee is $65 and includes breakfast pastries, coffee, motor cart, range balls and prizes
The Black Course at Bethpage State Park will reopen for the 2013 season on Saturday, April 13, according to park information. As usual, the Red Course will get a two-week headstart on the Black. It will open for play on Friday, March 29. Both courses closed earlier than usual in 2012 due to the effects
Ken Weinstein and Chris Wahlers ended their first season as owners of Sandy Pond Golf Course the same way they began — by making improvements from top to bottom at their nine-hole course in Riverhead. More accurately, the improvements went from bottom to top. One of their first projects, according to this Riverhead News-Review profile
Lido Golf Club appears to be back in the swing of things. The recently reopened course in Lido Beach will host a holiday shotgun on St. Patrick's Day, this Sunday, March 17. Tee time is 10:00. For $60, golfers get 18 holes with cart, followed by corned beef, cabbage, potatoes and beer. Dress warm —
Cherry Creek has holiday plans for the upcoming St. Patrick's Day weekend, and luckily for Long Island golfers those plans involve offering a combination of discount golf, Irish-themed edibles and local ales. Drop by the Riverhead facility on Saturday or Sunday, March 16-17, and walk the Links Course for $40 or ride for $50, then
The spring golf season can't come soon enough. Every first tee shot that rises into the air at reopened public golf courses across Long Island is an indication that the offseason brought on prematurely and in swift, sudden fashion by Hurricane Sandy is finally in the past. And the coming spring signals rebirth for a