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Proposed Nassau County fee hikes would affect golf-cart rentals, range balls

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April 5, 2018

Fee increases proposed by new Nassau County Executive Laura Curran would impact golfers renting golf carts and buying range tokens at the county's municipal courses, according to Newsday's analysis of the administration's latest budget proposal. Curran, citing the need to address Nassau's dire fiscal situation, plans to increase both cart rentals and buckets of range […]

New York State introduces online tee-time reservation system at Bethpage, Montauk and other park courses

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March 21, 2018

The antiquated tee-time reservation system that required Bethpage and Montauk Downs golfers to suffer through busy signals and faxed driver's licenses is now firmly where it belongs — in the past. New York State's Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation department has announced a new online reservation system for tee times at select state-park golf courses,

No Long Island Golf Show scheduled in 2018

In the News, Off-Course Destinations

February 8, 2018

The on-again/off-again relationship between the occasionally annual Long Island Golf Show and Long Island golfers is, well, off again. Florida-based North Coast Golf and Travel Shows, which brought the local expo back to life last March as the "Long Island Golf & Travel Show," is no longer operating the event. Golfing Magazine, one of the

Harbor Links, Sunken Meadow to host Drive, Chip & Putt qualifiers in July

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January 21, 2018

There's a way for local junior golfers to not only tee it up on the legendary Augusta National Golf Course, but get some national TV air time as well, and it's not by finding a loophole into The Masters. Local qualifiers for the 2019 Drive, Chip and Putt Championship, a youth golf event made possible by

Plans in place to bring Long Island’s first Topgolf location to Holtsville

In the News, Off-Course Destinations

December 23, 2017

Topgolf, the 21st-century driving range, nightlife and entertainment center that's popular across the Midwest and South, is one step closer to bringing its first facility to Long Island after Brookhaven Town approved zoning changes this week on an industrial site in Holtsville. The town board voted 6-0 in favor of approving special permits and rezoning

Long Island Press announces nominees for 2018 “Best Golf Course”

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October 25, 2017

Bethpage State Park is the favorite to continue its dominance in the "Best of Long Island" survey, conducted each year by the Long Island Press and now open for voting. Every October through December, the Press opens up the online polls in dozens of categories that cover recreation, dining, shopping and more across Nassau and

Family-operated Spring Lake Golf Club celebrating its 50th anniversary

18-hole, 9-hole, In the News, Suffolk Courses, Voices of Long Island Golf

September 26, 2017

Fifty years ago, with the Long Island golf industry in the midst of a boom period, a local farmer turned his attention away from the fields and toward the fairways, setting the groundwork for a new family business that would provide a half-century worth of golf to players in and around Middle Island. That's the

Former Riverhead CC clubhouse among sites under review for historic landmark status

In the News

August 28, 2017

It's been more than 70 years since any golfer took a swing at the Riverhead Country Club, but its clubhouse still stands and is currently under consideration by the town board for designation as a historic landmark, according to Newsday. The former clubhouse, located on the east side of Route 25, is one of four

Former Calverton Links to be part of “large-scale” East End solar development, per Newsday

In the News, Suffolk Courses

August 20, 2017

Massive formations of solar panels have consumed large swaths of open space in Shoreham, including the highly regarded Tallgrass Golf Course, and soon they will come for more than 500 acres of Calverton and the remains of the former Calverton Links, according to Newsday. Ten parcels of Calverton land totaling 575 acres will be converted

Newsday: Crab Meadow opens offshoot of Mac’s Steakhouse

18-hole, In the News, Suffolk Courses

July 27, 2017

It's not often that golf-course news pops up in a food column, but earlier this week, Newsday announced via its "Feed Me" blog that a branch of one of Huntington's most popular restaurants is now open at Crab Meadow Golf Course in Northport. Mac's at the Meadow, an offshoot of Mac's Steakhouse on Gerard Street

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