The Spring Lake Golf Club in Middle Island is giving fathers and juniors the unique opportunity to practice and play golf together on Father's Day, June 17. Dad and one of the junior golfers in the family are invited to fine-tune their swings at a 45-minute clinic with Spring Lake staff before putting the swing […]
We've been to the tips of the Island for rounds at Island's End and Montauk Downs, but not yet to the island in between, where the nine-hole Shelter Island Country Club serves as a recreational and social center for locals and tourists. Newsday's Mitchell Freedman penned a feature on the course that locals affectionately refer
Father's Day is for the formal celebration of Dad — think a hot grill, frozen mugs and a flat-screen tuned to the U.S. Open. For the second straight year, Mill Pond Golf Course is the place for an even more casual celebration, where the golf clubs are in hand, not on TV. And it's a
The USSSA Junior Golf Tour will stop along Suffolk's North Shore next weekend with berths to this summer's national championships at stake. Boys and girls between the ages of 9 and 18 are invited to participate in the Tour's May event at the Smithtown Landing Country Club on May 19 and 20. Winners from each
If Mom happens to be a golfer, replace the flowers with a 4-iron and celebrate her greatness at Tallgrass Golf Course in Shoreham, where moms play free on Mothers Day, May 13, after 12 noon with a paid greens fee. Later in the week, celebrate Wednesday and treat yourself to reduced-rate golf as part of
[Looking for information on Golfing Magazine's 2013 Free Golf Program? Click here for details on this year's program.] Golfing Magazine's 2012 Free Golf Program is set to begin and Long Islanders will be able to save on golf at eight local courses — and dozens more upstate and in New England — as soon as
The USSSA Junior Golf Tour will crown its first Long Island junior champions next weekend when young golfers between the ages of 9 and 18 compete in the first local Tour event at Mill Pond Golf Course in Medford. Winners from each age group earn a berth into the USSSA Junior Golf National Championships in
[Looking for this year's camp info? See the Guide to 2023 Summer Golf Camps on Long Island.] Summer golf is more than just early-morning mulligans on a dewey first tee and putting out on the 18th hole as the sun goes down on a twilight round. For young kids and teenagers, summer is a great
Have to admit — I've been hitting golf balls all across Long Island for nearly two decades, and it wasn't until two weeks ago that I found out about the driving range at SUNY Farmingdale. And ironically, in one of those strange coincidences that you always take note of, on the same day I first
The Great Rock Golf Club in Wading River will once again host a series of junior golf camps this summer. Interested parents can register their young golfers now for Great Rock's half-day and full-day programs, which run from late June through August in nine weekly sessions and are open to kids between the ages of