A round of golf might be a distant thought once the holiday gift exchange starts next week, but let's face it … those brand-new Callaway irons aren't going to swing themselves. Golf On Long Island loves winter golf, and you should too, if only for the chance to play quality courses with limited crowds for […]
Long Islanders woke up this final pre-Christmas weekend to find their holiday decorations covered with three inches of snow, a wet, sloppy reminder that the winter golf season can arrive at a moment's notice. Many Long Island golfers put their clubs away for the year around the same time they pack up their Halloween decorations,
Golf is as much a Thanksgiving tradition for some cold-hardened Long Island golfers as turkey and stuffing. So they don't mind missing the Thanksgiving Day parade as long as they can be out on a local fairway buzzing 3-irons through chilly wind gusts. And waiting out a brief frost delay is no big deal —
Active and retired military personnel are invited to play for free on Veterans Day — this Friday, November 11 — at Pine Ridge Golf Club in Coram. Military identification is required for redemption. Nearby in Medford, Mill Pond Golf Course will once again offer a "Comeback Coupon" to all golfers who play on Veterans Day.
Leisure Pass Discount Holders in Nassau County (veterans, seniors, differently abled and civic volunteers) can save close to 50 percent on nine-hole rounds at local municipal courses this fall and winter thanks to a county discount announced earlier this week. From October through March, golf at Nassau's four county-operated nine-hole courses at Bay Park, Cantiague
The Town of Huntington is bringing back a long-gone junior golf tournament next week, much to the satisfaction of teenage golfers eager for some friendly competition. After two decades off, the Lenney Peters Junior Golf Tournament will return to Northport's Crab Meadow Golf Course on Tuesday, August 30, and is open to boys and girls
Junior golfers age 14 and under have two opportunities left to play free golf this month at Spring Lake Golf Club in Middle Island. On Wednesdays and Thursdays in August, juniors play for free with a paying adult on the Sandpiper Course, Spring Lake's nine-hole layout and the home of its namesake water hazard. The
If you can't land a tee time anywhere on this first official weekend of the summer, you can at least let your little one take the clubs out for a spin. Spring Lake Golf Club in Middle Island is hosting its first junior SNAG (Starting New At Golf) clinic of the season on Saturday, June
In an effort to boost awareness of its waterside municipal golf course often overlooked by its ritzy private counterparts on Nassau's north shore, the City of Glen Cove recently launched a television ad for the Glen Cove Golf Club. The 30-second ad features aerial footage of the course along with an appearance from Glen Cove
Treat Dad to a free greens fee this Father's Day, then let him sit back and watch the final round of the U.S. Open in peace. The Town of Islip is giving away free greens fees for every purchased round this Father's Day, June 19, at Brentwood Country Club, Holbrook Country Club and the nine-hole