Great Rock Golf Club in Wading River lost 35 trees on the course during Hurricane Sandy and many others in the woods surrounding the course, general manager Brian Curtin said on Wednesday. The front nine could be open as soon as tomorrow, November 1, and the back nine might see action again by Saturday. For […]
Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano's proposed $2.79 billion budget for 2013 was approved by a legislative committee Monday, according to Newsday, and is now up for vote by the county legislature. Mangano's proposal includes rate increases at Nassau County's seven municipal golf courses. Newsday reported last month that greens fees for Nassau residents would jump
Golfing World U.K. took its cameras to this side of the pond recently to feature the Tallgrass Golf Course in Shoreham and designer Gil Hanse. A four-minute clip on the Golfing World website discusses the construction of the course out of flat farmland on Suffolk's north shore, its links-style nature and other course characteristics. Hanse,
Come January, one local golf course, as well as an area driving range and golf store, will earn the distinction of "Best of Long Island." Which ones earn that title is up to you. Voting is open at the Long Island Press website for the 2013 "Best of LI" poll. Each year the newspaper puts
Rates will increase at Nassau's seven municipal golf courses under the $2.79 billion budget for 2013 proposed last week by County Executive Ed Mangano, according to Newsday. Golfers at Eisenhower Park and the nine-hole courses at North Woodmere, Bay Park, Christopher Morley and Cantiague will shell out a few more dollars to tee off under
In June, the Riverhead Times-Review profiled Ken Weinstein and Chris Wahlers, brothers-in-law and new owners of the nine-hole Sandy Pond Golf Course in Riverhead. The duo took the reins of the 1,070-yard course this past January. With the help of the mild winter, the new owners immediately began making improvements at the course. ’93We turned
Bethpage is still three weeks away from hosting a competitive golf shot at The Barclays — which begins on Thursday, August 23 — but local players are running low on time to enjoy midsummer golf at the park. The Black Course, already operating on a limited schedule, will close for final tournament preparations this Monday,
In places like South Carolina and Florida, backyards and barbecue grills are almost as much a part of some golf courses as Bridgestones and bogeys. Houses in golf-course communities — seemingly more common than not in areas like Myrtle Beach — are nothing more than a slight hook or slice away from the fairways, placing
The Black Course at Bethpage State Park won't close for final preparations for The Barclays until Monday, August 6, but the park has already started to cut down on available tee times as the tournament looms less than a month away. From now until the course's closing early next month, golfers have until 3 p.m.
News out of Shoreham: There's a new course superintendent at Tallgrass. Management at the links-style Gil Hanse design announced recently that Jonathan Semmig is the course's new super after four years as the assistant superintendent at the Atlantic Golf Club in Bridgehampton. Semmig also worked previously at the Garden City Golf Club and Colonial Springs