It's Halloween and we've already been through one snow–, err, slushstorm. Perhaps last winter is eager to pick up where it left off. No matter the meteorological outlook, one thing that can't be denied is the availability of favorable Fall season golf specials around Long Island. Here is a sampling: Great Rock: $49 weekdays, $39 […]
The way Golfing Magazine sees it, it's never too early to start planning next season's tee times. If you're a golfer who shares that opinion, then get on board Golfing Magazine's 2012 Free Golf Program by signing up for the mag's Early Bird Special. For $39 you get a certificate good for "free" rounds at
The Hamptons-area Poxabogue Golf Course will soon be owned entirely by the Town of Southampton, according to reports in Newsday and The East Hampton Press earlier this week. East Hampton's Town Board voted last week to sell off its portion of the jointly owned golf facility in order to pay off debt from its original
Head to the Great Rock Golf Club in Wading River next week to "take a swing in the fight against breast cancer" as part of the fifth annual Pink Rock Classic. The event will take place on Thursday, October 6. All proceeds from the tournament will benefit the Fund For Uninsured Women at the Fortunato
Wantagh Memorial Congregational Church will hold its first annual golf outing at the Lido Golf Club on Tuesday, September 20 at 1 p.m. The outing will benefit the Freeport Emergency Food Pantry. Golfers will enjoy an on-course lunch plus a barbecue buffet dinner after the round. The $130 entry fee includes food, motor cart and
The Lido Golf Club will aerate its greens on Wednesday, August 17. Midday rates will be offered for all rounds from Wednesday through Friday, August 19. For more on the waterside Lido Golf Club in Lido Beach, check out the course flyover.
Nearly 2,000 golf holes at 100 courses across 27 states will be in play next week as part of the "World's Largest Golf Outing," and 18 of those holes are right here on Long Island. Pine Ridge Golf Club in Coram will host one leg of the outing, a multi-course event run by Billy Casper
Poxabogue Golf Center is in the local papers again, and for once it's not related to its past management and restaurant issues. The New York Times profiled the nine-hole course — "the people's golf course" of the Hamptons — and the adjoining cafe/gathering spot in its "Neighborhood Joint" series back in late July. The Times
The fourth hole at Stonebridge Golf Links is the first of the course's very diverse, interesting par-3s. It's also home to the course's namesake footbridge. Sure, it's not quite as historic or glamorous as Augusta National's Hogan and Nelson bridges — and you're typically crossing it only if your tee shot settled woefully left or
The Long Island-based Global Recreation Network and its national association, USSSA, are giving junior golfers from ages 9 to 18 the opportunity to compete locally and on a national stage with their Junior Golf Championship Tour, which comes to Mill Pond Golf Course in Medford this weekend, July 30-31. This two-day, 36-hole event will be