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Newsday report features false data to support negative view of Long Island golf industry

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[Newsday published a correction in its April 17 print edition for the use of misinformation in its April 7 feature.  Read the correction here.] While there's no way to dispute that rounds are down from previous highs and that Long Island golf courses are competing for customer dollars against additional and often cheaper leisure alternatives, […]

Newsday: Long Island golf business not booming

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[Read Golf On Long Island's take on the Newsday article:  Newsday report features false data to support negative view of Long Island golf industry] The business of golf on Long Island is "in the rough" according to a report published Thursday on Newsday.com. Newsday's Ted Phillips said the Long Island golf industry is "shrinking" thanks

Bethpage, Tallgrass, Montauk Downs again among Golfweek’s Best Courses in 2013

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It's a four-peat for one Long Island foursome. Bethpage Black, Bethpage Red, Tallgrass and Montauk Downs cracked Golfweek's list of best public courses together in 2010, and three surveys later — the 2013 best-in-state rankings were announced by the magazine earlier this week — the quartet remains intact.   Golfweek's 2013 list of the Best Courses

Bethpage, Rock Hill, Eisenhower form “Best of LI” trio for second straight year

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Long Island Press readers liked the results of last year's "Best Golf Course" poll so much that they kept the winner and runners-up exactly the same in 2013.  This week the local newspaper announced the results of the sports and activities categories in its annual "Best of Long Island" survey, and Bethpage State Park finished

Clubhouse expansion in the works at Stonebridge Golf Links

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Stonebridge Golf Links in Smithtown might have a bigger clubhouse in the near future if an expansion proposed by the club's catering company, Carlyle Stonebridge, is approved next month by the town. Newsday reported earlier this week that Carlyle, which also operates Carlyle on the Green at Bethpage State Park and several other Long Island

One more week to vote for “Best Golf Course” in Long Island Press poll

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Voting closes next Saturday, December 15, for the annual "Best of LI" poll conducted by the weekly (soon to be monthly) Long Island Press.  Most relevant to Golf On Long Island readers is the poll's "Best Golf Course" category, which has been dominated by Bethpage State Park for the last half-decade.  You can also cast

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