South Bay Country Club in Oceanside will take a quick maintenance break next week after what will likely be a busy Labor Day weekend. The bayside course will be closed for aeration on Tuesday, September 3 and Wednesday, September 4. While the crew takes care of the turf, you can brush up on the windy […]
Town of Hempstead residents interested in playing in the sixth annual Supervisor's Cup Golf Classic have until next Friday, September 6 to register for the annual late-season tournament hosted by Kate Murray and the town's Department of Parks and Recreation. This season's Classic is scheduled for Wednesday, October 2 at the Lido Golf Club. The
Bethpage Black, which hosted the U.S. Open Championships in 2002 and 2009, will be the home of the 2019 PGA Championship and 2024 Ryder Cup, according to a Golfweek report. An official announcement is expected this week, possibly as soon as today, said the report. The Black Course has been associated with New York's golf-crazed,
Two months into its grand reopening season on the water in Oceanside, South Bay Country Club is quickly working its way up to full speed. The Sandy-damaged facility had the course up and running in time for Memorial Day weekend this spring, but the driving range and halfway house remained in the very early stages
Fireworks will fly later that night, but in the morning, tee shots will soar on the south shore as part of Lido Golf Club's first annual Independence Day Shotgun, scheduled to kick off at 8:00 a.m. on Thursday, July 4. Registration is currently open through the Lido pro shop. The $70 entry fee covers breakfast
[This flyover was updated on January 27, 2019.] [NOTE – April 2015: Middle Bay reconfigured its layout in the 2014-15 offseason. The flyover below reflects the current routing.] Hurricane Sandy in 2012 permanently reshaped parts of the coastline of Long Island's south shore, and in the process reoriented one of its long-established golf courses. Middle
Lido Golf Club put on a little weight in the offseason — 7,000 pounds, to be precise. And that's just in grass seed. Then, speaking of thousands, there's 4,000 — as in the amount of square footage rebuilt to bring back a working clubhouse. These figures and other course updates were distributed in an e-mail
Robert Moses State Park on Fire Island reopened this morning for the first time since the grounds and its main traffic circle were heavily damaged last October by Hurricane Sandy. Included in the grand reopening is the pitch-and-putt golf course at the west end of the barrier-beach park. The golf course, accessible at Field 2,
The Town of Oyster Bay will rename its golf course at a ceremony this weekend to honor Joseph Colby, the town supervisor who was influential in the preservation of the 120-acre Woodbury estate and its transformation into the present-day municipal course. The ceremony will take place on Saturday, May 18 at 11:30 a.m. at the
There is rarely any suspense when it comes to the Long Island imprint on Golfweek's annual ranking of America's Best Municipal Courses. Bethpage Black is usually at the top, followed a few tiers below by neighbor Bethpage Red and Montauk Downs. Change is found only in the number next to the latter two. Golfweek