[Looking for this year's camp info? See the Guide to 2025 Summer Golf Camps on Long Island.] There are plenty of different ways to pick up the game of golf for the first time, whether it's swatting old balls around a schoolyard, swinging away at the range or diving right into a nine- or 18-hole […]
Golfing Magazine is preparing its annual Free Golf Program for the 2018 season, and while the local mag works out all the particulars, Long Island golfers can get a head start on subscribing and saving a few additional bucks to boot. Until the end of April, Free Golf Program subscriptions are $39 as part of
February almost always teases golfers with a tiny taste of spring, and when it does, it has a tendency to sock them with a blizzard just as they were getting their clubs regripped for the new season. But when the snow holds off, course openings are just around the corner. Long Island's seasonal golf courses
Warm week ahead — how about some winter rates? Golf On Long Island loves winter golf, and you should too, if only for the chance to play quality courses with limited crowds for a discount price. Below is a sampling of this offseason's 18-hole rates at area courses. For full details about rates and course
There's a way for local junior golfers to not only tee it up on the legendary Augusta National Golf Course, but get some national TV air time as well, and it's not by finding a loophole into The Masters. Local qualifiers for the 2019 Drive, Chip and Putt Championship, a youth golf event made possible by
A few golf courses around Long Island have been eager to announce that they are open for play amid this winter's relentless chill (one NYC course even boasted it was open before the recent blizzard melted away), so clearly there are some devoted players interested in saving a few bucks on a sub-freezing round. Golf
If you have no problem spending an hour-plus in the clubhouse waiting out a frost delay, if you get excited for a sunny 45-degree weather forecast, and if your golf wardrobe includes multiple pairs of cold-weather golf gloves, chances are you're a seasoned Long Island winter golfer. The majority of local golfers put the finishing
The Town of Islip's municipal course at Brentwood Country Club will close for the 2017 season on Sunday, December 17. As usual, the course is tentatively scheduled to reopen in mid-March. Until Brentwood's closing date, golfers can take advantage of the end-of-season special valid there and at its sister course, Holbrook Country Club, which typically
From now through mid-December, when the two Town of Islip courses close for the winter, Brentwood Country Club and Holbrook Country Club are offering end-of-season discounts that put 18-hole rounds as low as $20. Weekday rounds with cart are $38 through the closing date ($31 for seniors), and weekend 18s cost $42, or $32 after
Long after the majority of Long Island's golfers have packed their clubs away for hibernation, a dedicated group of players keep the active deep into the fall and winter. For them, Halloween, Thanksgiving and even New Year's are just great golfing days with wide-open tee sheets, merely chillier equivalents to warm spring rounds on Memorial