The United States Golf Association wants all experienced, new and prospective golfers to understand the ease and benefits of nine-hole rounds, so follow along on Wednesday, July 29 and tee it up on a short course nearby. That day marks the USGA's second annual "Play 9 Day," a celebration of nine-hole rounds and all the […]
Parbuddy, a new mobile rewards app that allows golfers to earn free gear and green fees, launched on Long Island earlier this month in partnership with two facilities in the ClubCorp family of courses — Wind Watch Golf & Country Club in Hauppauge and Willow Creek Golf & Country Club in Mount Sinai. The Parbuddy
Bethpage State Park suffered a significant amount of turf damage from the winter of 2015, with temporary greens still in use on all five golf courses heading into Memorial Day weekend. Fortunately all lingering effects are expected to be gone by the end of the month. The Blue, Green and Yellow courses are scheduled to
The former Calverton Links golf course will likely become a solar farm, according to an article published last month in the Riverhead News-Review. The course, which has sat untouched since it abruptly closed for business in the fall of 2013, was sold last May for $3.5 million to developer Parviz Farahzad and a group called
There is a new face in the 2015 edition of Golfweek's Best Courses You Can Play list, but as far as Long Island golf courses go, all the regulars are back for another year. For the sixth straight season, Bethpage Black, Bethpage Red, Tallgrass and Montauk Downs are the Island's representatives in the annual ranking
Anticipation is high for New York's newest golf course, Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point, which is preparing to make its official debut next month at the foot of the Whitestone Bridge in the Bronx. The New York City municipal course has been in the works for years, its slow, decades-long evolution from landfill to
Keep an eye out later this spring — Golf On Long Island is hitting the bookshelves. Images of America: Long Island Golf by Golf On Long Island's Phil Carlucci will be available at area bookstores on June 1, right in the heart of peak golf season. The book contains more than 200 photos of public
Bethpage State Park's schedule of high-level professional golf tournaments continues to grow after an announcement last week that the Black Course will be part of The Barclays rotation far into the next decade. New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday that the Black Course will host The Barclays in 2021 and 2027, bringing the
A blizzard and a follow-up ice storm have set real golf on the back burner for a while, but at least there is some action on the indoor-golf front. Newsday reported last weekend that a February 26 public hearing has been scheduled by the Town of Smithtown to address an application by a local company
The Florida-based company that is now operating both the Crab Meadow and Dix Hills Park golf courses will improve the practice facilities, modernize dining options and make changes to course maintenance procedures, according to company e-mails sent to local golfers this month. Integrity Golf Company, which won a bid in November to operate the two