Course Promos and Updates

Golfing Magazine’s Free Golf Program to include 10 LI courses this season

18-hole, 18-hole, 9-hole, 9-hole, Course Promos and Updates, For Beginners, Nassau Courses, North Shore/Central, Suffolk Courses

April 23, 2011

It will likely play out the way most #2-vs-#15 matchups do — as either a blowout from the opening tip, or with a bunch of awkward reserves frantically high-fiving each other and auditioning for a spot in the annual "One Shining Moment" montage. Let's hope Gus Johnson isn't calling the match. To involve the fans […]

Tree-lined Spring Lake Golf Club adds a little “elbow room” for 2011

18-hole, 9-hole, Course Promos and Updates, Suffolk Courses

April 12, 2011

The YES Community Counseling Center of Massapequa will hold its 13th annual Golf Classic on Monday, May 16 at the Town of Oyster Bay Golf Course in Woodbury. The scramble tournament will begin with a 1:30 p.m. shotgun start and continue afterward with a buffet dinner, prizes and trophies. In addition, the $175 entry fee

Brentwood, Holbrook welcoming golfers back with April discount

18-hole, Course Promos and Updates, For Beginners, Suffolk Courses

April 6, 2011

Sports fans love a good list, ranking, survey, poll — you name it. The more room for debate, the better. And we here at Golf On Long Island are no different. So what better time of year than Masters Week — the unofficial universal start of the new golf season — to come up with

Easter Morning Shotgun at Crab Meadow

18-hole, Course Promos and Updates, Suffolk Courses

April 4, 2011

Back in September 2009, we noted the "dreadful" condition of the bunkers (click photo to enlarge) at the Blue Course at Eisenhower Park: "Sand gets top billing on the Blue Course. Unfortunately it does not get the treatment a star deserves. The bunkers on the Blue are in dreadful shape. They are filled with rocks,

April aeration at Bethpage

18-hole, Bethpage, Course Promos and Updates, Nassau Courses, North Shore/Central

March 23, 2011

An ongoing saga in the Hamptons is finally drawing to a close. The Fairway Restaurant will return to the Poxabogue Golf Center in Sagaponack this summer, according to Michael Wright of The Southampton Press. The popular cafe closed last year as a result of a lease dispute. In August, plans for a new cafe were

Bethpage Red to open Friday; plus spring aeration schedule

18-hole, Bethpage, Course Promos and Updates, Nassau Courses, North Shore/Central

March 16, 2011

Most golfers enjoy facing a challenging water hazard. The more demanding the shot, the better. NBC and The Players Championship at Sawgrass bank on the dramatic nature of a potential late-round splash landing every May. "Water-hazard hole" is kind of ambiguous, but you get the idea. Tell us your favorite public hole in Nassau with

Bethpage Black to reopen April 15, Red Course on April 1

18-hole, Bethpage, Course Promos and Updates, Nassau Courses, North Shore/Central

March 1, 2011

A handful of Long Island golf courses close every winter and typically reopen for the new season anywhere from mid-March to the end of April. With almost all of January and February 2011 buried by snow, those courses that remain open year-round are finally beginning to announce "reopenings" of their own. One such facility is

Tallgrass to reopen for walkers on Wednesday, March 2

18-hole, Course Promos and Updates, Suffolk Courses

February 27, 2011

Give Long Islanders clear grass, a sunny sky and 50-degree temps in late February and all of a sudden you're battling for tee times as if it's an August morning at Bethpage. After being snowed out for two months, Golf On Long Island was gearing up to make its 2011 debut this afternoon, but another

2011 Leprechaun Classic at Crab Meadow

18-hole, Course Promos and Updates, Suffolk Courses

February 24, 2011

It's been a long winter for golfers in the Northeast. Golf has been an afterthought since Christmas, when a blizzard dumped two feet of snow and, with help from follow-up storms, effectively buried the winter playing season on Long Island. However, there is at least one positive to emerge from the never-disappearing layer of winter

Great Rock super reflects on snowy winter, says regraded #12 is ready to go

18-hole, Course Promos and Updates, In the News, Suffolk Courses, Voices of Long Island Golf

February 15, 2011

In a statement released last week, the Town of Oyster Bay announced that membership fees for the town golf course in Woodbury will not rise for the 2011 season. The Oyster Bay Town Board voted to keep membership rates the same for the third consecutive year. Members of the Town of Oyster Bay Golf Course

Golf on Long Island

A Golfer's Internet Guide to the Public Courses of Nassau & Suffolk

Golfing Magazine’s Free Golf Program to include 10 LI courses this season

Tree-lined Spring Lake Golf Club adds a little “elbow room” for 2011

Brentwood, Holbrook welcoming golfers back with April discount

Easter Morning Shotgun at Crab Meadow

April aeration at Bethpage

Bethpage Red to open Friday; plus spring aeration schedule

Bethpage Black to reopen April 15, Red Course on April 1

Tallgrass to reopen for walkers on Wednesday, March 2

2011 Leprechaun Classic at Crab Meadow

Great Rock super reflects on snowy winter, says regraded #12 is ready to go

Golf on Long Island

A Golfer's Internet Guide to the Public Courses of Nassau & Suffolk