No surprise in Golfweek's annual list of America's Best Municipal Courses. The Black Course at Bethpage State Park is #1 for the fourth year in a row, joined in the top 50 with its two state-park sidekicks — Bethpage Red and Montauk Downs. Bethpage Black is followed in the top muni list by Chambers Bay, […]
We've been to the tips of the Island for rounds at Island's End and Montauk Downs, but not yet to the island in between, where the nine-hole Shelter Island Country Club serves as a recreational and social center for locals and tourists. Newsday's Mitchell Freedman penned a feature on the course that locals affectionately refer
Special thanks to Sally Gilhooley, Miranda Gatewood and the rest of the staff at Networking’ae magazine, which profiled Golf On Long Island in the golf section of its May 2012 issue. The feature includes a description of our site plus some course photography and a general overview of Long Island's public golf scene. To view
The Swan Lake Golf Club in Manorville and nearby Calverton Links are both open for play this morning despite the wildfires that are diminishing but still smoldering in parts of the surrounding Long Island Pine Barrens. As of 8:00 a.m. Tuesday, the courses were on or near the edges of Suffolk County's evacuation zone. Fueled
The Town of Southampton is now the sole owner of Sagaponack's Poxabogue Golf Course. Bill Sutton of The East Hampton Press reported Wednesday that Southampton's Town Board unanimously approved the purchase of East Hampton's half-share of the facility, eight years after the two towns jointly purchased the course to prevent private development. East Hampton's $2.2
Back in 2010, Tallgrass Golf Course joined Bethpage Black, Bethpage Red and Montauk Downs among Golfweek's Best Courses You Can Play, the magazine's annual ranking of each state's top public-access courses. The foursome hasn't broken apart since. Golfweek released its 2012 list of the Best Courses You Can Play last week, and for the third
Its netting still stands, though probably not for much longer. Its main building and two tiers of driving stalls have already vanished. The Island Green Golf Center has closed for development of its 14 acres on Middle Country Road in Selden. Last May, Golf On Long Island highlighted a Newsday article that outlined the fate
The 2012 Long Island Golf Show has been postponed, according to The Results Group, which runs the annual expo. No makeup date has been announced. The show was originally scheduled for for March 23-25 at Suffolk County Community College in Brentwood. Last year's event featured two-time major champion John Daly and Michael Breed of The
Capping a suspense-free voting period, Bethpage State Park was crowned "Best Golf Course" last month when the Long Island Press announced the results of its annual "Best of LI" poll. The real surprise was over in the less heralded, more practice-oriented "Best Driving Range" category, where the Oakdale Golf Center flew under the radar and
The "Best of LI" hot streak continues at Bethpage, where each of the five courses have a victory medal all their own thanks to readers of the Long Island Press. For the fifth year in a row, Bethpage bagged top honors in the "Best Golf Course" category of the local newspaper's annual "Best of Long