Last fall Geoffrey Schwartz led a tour through an empty, white-walled shell deep inside a Commack strip mall, pointing to where he planned to set up golf simulators, a full bar and a mezzanine for events. Six months and a full transformation later, the space — previously part of a closed Toys 'R' Us — […]
The Long Island Golf Junkies players group, one of the largest and most active groups in the region, will hold its second golf outing of the season on Monday, June 20 at The Hamlet Golf and Country Club in Commack. The "June Social" tees off at 11:00 a.m. and is open to all local players.
[NOTE: Spy Ring GC is now open. Read more about the course in the Spy Ring flyover.] Looking out from a flat, elevated square marked with dusty footprints, Jimmi Conway points toward a slender oasis in an expanse of tire-tracked sand, the pings of a bustling construction site echoing in the background. Four bunkers stand
The golf grounds crew at Bethpage State Park was as busy as ever this past offseason, making sure its five public golf courses rebound nicely from the 250,000 rounds played in 2021 and preparing them for another quarter million likely to be scheduled this coming season. Much of the work, however, won't be immediately noticeable
[Looking for this year's camp info? See the Guide to 2025 Summer Golf Camps on Long Island.] The rise in golf demand during the 2020 and 2021 pandemic seasons has not only led to a rush on tee times across Long Island, but also heightened interest in space for juniors at local summer camps. Experienced
[NOTE: The holiday scramble has been canceled due to weather.] Timber Point Golf Course is bringing back its St. Patrick's Day scramble this year, an event that typically signals the start of a new season along Great South Bay. After a few years off, the holiday scramble will be back on Thursday, March 17 with
The Long Island Golf Junkies players group is holding an April Social golf outing on Monday, April 18 at the private Port Jefferson Country Club. Registration is open to all local players. Entry fee is $120 for golf, cart and range balls, with tickets available for singles and groups at the LIGJ website. It is
Spring can't come soon enough for the Long Island golfing community now that we've reached the tail end of a second straight winter season that has been, for the most part, a bust. A blizzard knocked out a couple of playing weeks on its own, and poor ground conditions led many golf courses to remain
It hasn't been the best Long Island winter golf season of the recent past, but on the bright side it hasn't been among the worst ones either. Outside of one shovel-required snowfall, winter fairways have remained clear. Now if we could just got a slight reprieve from the constant sub-freezing temps, we might have ourselves
The Town of Babylon has commissioned a feasibility study to explore the possibility of eliminating nine holes of its Cedar Beach Golf Course due to low use, and replacing them with cabanas, lockers and other revenue-generating amenities, according to Newsday. In 2021 the Cedar Beach course, currently an 18-hole pitch-and-putt, drew its highest turnout in