The Town of Islip's three municipal golf courses are closed as a safety precaution, according to a notice sent out Monday night. Brentwood Country Club, Holbrook Country Club and the nine-hole course at Gull Haven in Central Islip are tentatively scheduled to reopen on Friday, March 27. Brentwood and Holbrook recently reopened for the 2020 […]
It's business as usual at many golf courses on Long Island despite the widespread closings, cancellations and postponements at area businesses, school districts and events related to this month's coronavirus outbreak. As "social distancing" works its way into the American lexicon, golf courses — outdoors and inherently "distancing" — might be among the safest spots
[Follow the links to Part 1 of "A New Decade of Long Island Golf," which covered the main themes of the 2010s and what to expect in the 2020s, and Part 2 on developing local players as time runs low and millennials plan to leave Long Island.] When followers of local golf scroll over Long
Registration is open for the annual Drive, Chip & Putt Championship, an event for junior golfers that culminates every April at the famed Augusta National Golf Club. For Long Island juniors, the road to Augusta begins this summer with local qualifiers at three area golf courses. Qualifying rounds for the 2020-21 Drive, Chip & Putt
[For Part 1 of "A New Decade of Long Island Golf," covering some of the main themes of local golf in the 2010s and looking ahead to the 2020s, click here.] John Borkes opens his back door to a sweeping waterfront view near Freeport's Nautical Mile, and when he plays golf, he's typically right nearby,
Southold Town and the owners of the Greenport property housing the Island's End Golf and Country Club agreed to a deal last month that protects the land from future development, Newsday reported on Thursday. The town purchased the development rights to the 127-acre property beside Long Island Sound for $5.1 million, according to Newsday, preserving
ALSO SEE:Part 2 — Developing lifelong players as time runs low and Long Islanders leavePart 3 — Finding a new voice for courses as marketing evolves in the age of social media Another decade of Long Island golf is coming to a close — the thirteenth, to be exact, since the first shots went airborne
Great Rock Golf Club will end its season this afternoon, closing the book on a tumultuous 2019 littered with widespread reports of horrendous course conditions and rumors about the future of the Wading River facility. Typically praised for its fast greens and overall excellent conditions, Great Rock fell into disrepair this year, with many Long
Bethpage State Park rarely loses any kind of Long Island golf popularity contest — in fact, it's won nothing but gold in the "Best of Long Island" reader survey conducted each year by the Long Island Press. Still, this fall, more than a dozen public courses and private clubs have an opportunity to knock Bethpage
After listening to arguments last month in support of and opposed to a proposed Topgolf facility beside the Long Island Expressway in Holtsville, the Town of Brookhaven planning board followed up this week by voting 6-0 in favor of granting site-plan approval for the company's first New York location. The approval requires that Topgolf plant