Lido Golf Club appears to be back in the swing of things. The recently reopened course in Lido Beach will host a holiday shotgun on St. Patrick's Day, this Sunday, March 17. Tee time is 10:00. For $60, golfers get 18 holes with cart, followed by corned beef, cabbage, potatoes and beer. Dress warm — […]
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
The spring golf season can't come soon enough. Every first tee shot that rises into the air at reopened public golf courses across Long Island is an indication that the offseason brought on prematurely and in swift, sudden fashion by Hurricane Sandy is finally in the past. And the coming spring signals rebirth for a
Golfing Magazine's Free Golf Program is no longer confined to the great outdoors. The local mag has partnered with Eagle Golf of Bay Shore to include in this year's program an hour of indoor simulator time, a fun practice session that should come in handy between discounted rounds. Early Bird registration is currently $39 —
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
Bethpage Black found itself in a familiar place when Golf Digest's February issue hit the magazine racks recently — listed among some of the best golf courses in the country, both public and private. Golf Digest published its list of America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses this month, with the Black Course once again in the
Lido Golf Club, which sustained some of the most severe damage among Long Island golf courses during Hurricane Sandy last October, will reopen for play on March 1, 2013. The course and clubhouse were flooded during the storm, and early indications were that the Lido Beach course might not fully recover until later in the
Paychecks are a little lighter so far in 2013. All the more reason to check out Golfing Magazine's Free Golf Program, even if it is still only January. The mag's annual Early Bird Special is available now through April, and enrolls subscribers in the program for $39 — a $10 discount off the regular rate.
The 2012-13 winter golf season on Long Island already has a slightly different feel than usual, even though the winter has yet to arrive. In Nassau County, dependable offseason outposts at the Lido Golf Club and, on a smaller scale, North Woodmere Park, are out of the winter rotation, both recovering from severe blows delivered
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