SEE ALSO:Flyover: Bethpage – Black Course Golf On Long Island launched two years ago this month with a flyover of my original "home" course, the nine-hole muni at North Woodmere Park. One of the goals of the site was to drop by and discuss every public course in this two-county hotbed of fairways and flagsticks, […]
Feel like spending a day in the ocean breeze next weekend but prefer not to track sand and seaweed into the car? Try scheduling some seaside golf nearby and help raise money for an excellent cause in the process (and track clumps of grass instead). Painting For Cures will hold its first annual charity golf
The Championship Course at Harbor Links — Long Island's own grand canyon along Hempstead Harbor — already has the look of Arizona down pat with its rock piles, southwestern-style vistas and sand-oriented history. During a July heat wave, the Port Washington par-72 felt a little like the desert too. Most significant update from the latest
The term "historic" is often tossed around like a busted tee. At times in the sports world it seems anything that results in a putter or trophy held high in triumph is described as a historic "one for the ages." But the Red Course at Eisenhower Park has earned the adjective — a walk on
The 25th annual Mather Golf Classic benefiting nursing education programs will take place on Monday, June 7 at the Great Rock Golf Club in Wading River. A full day of events includes sign-in and breakfast at 9 a.m., barbecue lunch on the course, a post-round cocktail hour and buffet at 4:30, and dessert and raffles
Violent winter storms seem like ancient history when Memorial Day draws near, but visitors to Jones Beach this holiday weekend will notice that part of Long Island's most popular park is still shaking off the effects of this season's fierce nor'easters. The pitch-and-putt course adjacent to the Jones Beach boardwalk is closed until further notice
The Lido Golf Club is hosting public shotguns this week on Tuesday, May 18 and Thursday, May 20 at 7:30 a.m. Mid-day rates apply and may include complimentary lunch. The course will be closed in the afternoon at the conclusion of the round. Keep an eye on the Lido website for future shotgun starts and
Stunning news: Bethpage and Montauk Downs are featured in a list of elite public golf courses. Even more stunning news: Bethpage Black is ranked #1. Golfweek released its list of Best Municipal Courses for 2010 on Thursday and, as usual, the Black Course sits atop the leaderboard, followed a few tiers behind by its next-door
[For information on the current 2013 Suffolk County Junior Golf Tour, please click here.] Want to introduce a young golfer to competitive play? The Suffolk County Junior Golf Tour is open to all boys and girls aged 9 through 17 that are familiar with the rules and etiquette of golf and have a valid county
[This flyover was updated on March 31, 2017.] SEE ALSO:Closer Look: Oyster Bay Golf Course #4Origins: Town of Oyster Bay Golf Course The Town of Oyster Bay Golf Course, like Eisenhower Park, is an oasis of fairways and greens in the middle of Nassau County commerce, asphalt and turn signals. Golfers in the center of