Hurricane Irene has come and gone, leaving behind a mess for many Long Islanders. At the Timber Point Golf Course in Great River, full recovery could take a while. The White and Blue Courses at Timber Point are closed until further notice after Hurricane Irene flooded the highly vulnerable bayside nines over the weekend. The […]
Hamlet Wind Watch Golf & Country Club in Hauppauge and the nine-hole golf course at Christopher Morley Park in Roslyn are closed today, August 30, for recovery and maintenance from Hurricane Irene. Most Long Island golf courses reopened for play immediately after the storm, but many are still without power or phone service. For the
Find a babysitter this Thursday afternoon — there's a golf tournament to be won. Cantiague Park will host a twilight golf tournament for mixed couples on Thursday, August 25, a nine-hole event that is open to all Nassau County residents. Couples will be paired up with other mixed duos to compete as four-person scramble teams,
Family time tends to be anywhere but the golf course on weekend afternoons, but until Labor Day, your son, daughter, niece or nephew can play Shoreham's Tallgrass Golf Course for free with your paid greens fee. This special kids deal is valid after 12 noon on Saturdays and Sundays through September 4. To introduce the
The Lido Golf Club will aerate its greens on Wednesday, August 17. Midday rates will be offered for all rounds from Wednesday through Friday, August 19. For more on the waterside Lido Golf Club in Lido Beach, check out the course flyover.
Voting is open in the third round of Golf Digest's Fans' Choice tournament, and Bethpage Black is off to a rocky start. The Jack Nicklaus Course at the Pronghorn Golf Club is threatening to run away with the match before the turn. You can help the Black get back into it by heading over to
The Boy Scouts of America's Suffolk County Council will host its 2011 F.D.R. Golf Classic on Tuesday, August 9 at Hamlet Wind Watch Golf & Country Club in Hauppauge. Long Island golfers are invited to participate and help raise money for special-needs Scouting. Entry fee for the event is $225 per player and includes breakfast,
Bethpage Black is in the Sweet 16. The NCAA Tournament references live on thanks to Golf Digest's Fans' Choice field-of-64 competition in which the country's top public courses are pitted against one another and advanced by reader vote. Last week, the famed Black Course clobbered #10-seed The Harvester (Rhodes, IA) by a 134-37 vote to
The first round turned out to be a squeaker. Riding high on the recent announcement that The Barclays will be heading to Bethpage next summer, the Black Course might be primed for a more resounding victory in Round 2 of Golf Digest's Fans' Choice poll. Voting is open at GolfDigest.com for the second-round matchup between
After a successful debut outing held last summer, Painting For Cures, an organization that aims to keep young children smiling during extended hospital stays, will hold its second annual charity golf outing on Saturday, August 13 at the Lido Golf Club. The outing is currently open for registration and sponsorship opportunities. All participants will enjoy