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
[For information on the current 2014 Suffolk County Junior Golf Tour, please click here.] While the allure and excitement of The Masters have spurred thousands of adult golfers back to their local ranges and courses for a head start on the 2012 golf season, there are undoubtedly plenty of junior golfers eager to play and
The golf season is accelerating to full speed and the kids are off from school. What better time than now to give your junior golfer a taste of golf basics? Cristy Jurgens, director of golf and teaching pro at the Spring Lake Golf Club in Middle Island, keeps the "fun" in fundamentals with junior "SNAG"
The Town of Southampton is now the sole owner of Sagaponack's Poxabogue Golf Course. Bill Sutton of The East Hampton Press reported Wednesday that Southampton's Town Board unanimously approved the purchase of East Hampton's half-share of the facility, eight years after the two towns jointly purchased the course to prevent private development. East Hampton's $2.2
Reader Andrew Song, a Golf On Long Island fan since 2009, values his time on the driving range. And if it's a grass range, all the better. A Bayside, Queens resident, Song doesn't mind heading east to Suffolk County if it means a break from New York City and Bethpage crowds, and the chance to
The Championship and Executive courses at Harbor Links in Port Washington will open for the 2012 season this Saturday, March 24. Golfers can begin making tee times for either course, and can also sign up for discount programs for twilight rounds and Executive Course play. See the Harbor Links website for details. Harbor Links is
[Looking for information on this year's Tour? See the post on the 2013 USSSA Junior Golf Tour.} Junior golfers from ages 9 to 18 can take their game to Long Island tournaments and possibly the national stage in Orlando as part of the 2012 USSSA Junior Golf Championship Tour, operated locally by the Global Recreation
Nassau County's nine-hole municipal golf courses at Bay Park in East Rockaway and Christopher Morley Park in Roslyn are now open for the 2012 season. The two courses closed for the winter while their sister courses at North Woodmere Park and Cantiague Park played through the offseason. Bay Park is a flat, wide-open nine that's
Players of all ages can learn, relearn or brush up on fundamentals this spring at Harbor Links Golf Course in Port Washington as part of a bevy of programs geared toward junior players and adults. Junior programs have already begun under the direction of James Hong, a Top 50 Junior Instructor as selected by the