Tees and greens in the heart of the Gold Coast are open to non-members this spring at the private Cedarbrook Club. The club, featuring an 18-hole course laid out amid fellow mid-century clubs and renowned stalwarts like Piping Rock and North Shore, kicked off a trial membership drive earlier this month, opening the facility to […]
Another May, another batch of Free Golf Program certificates set to hit mailboxes all across Nassau and Suffolk, courtesy of Golfing Magazine. The Hicksville-based publication announced the list of participating courses in its annual Free Golf Program on Tuesday, and the 2018 roster covers almost every corner of Long Island. Nine golf courses are offering
The finish to a round at Harbor Links — starting at the high-altitude 16th tee and ending at the long dogleg 18th — remains as daunting of a challenge in this 2018 season as it's been in the past. Catch the Port Washington course on the right day, however, and the final stretch will be
Nestled inside a quiet residential Massapequa community, the nine-hole Peninsula Golf Club is as close to a neighborhood golf course as you'll find on Long Island. For every handful of shots that land safely on a green in regulation, one misguided attempt might settle inside someone's front lawn. And while the course remains the same
The third annual St. John's Tobin Alumni Association Golf Outing will tee off on Bethpage State Park's Red Course on Thursday, May 17. Shotgun start is scheduled bright and early at 7:30 a.m. Entry fee for the outing is $175 per player or $650 for a full foursome, with proceeds going to the Tobin Alumni
Bethpage Black lifts the curtain tomorrow on the 2018 playing season and will feature several renovations made by park staff with the 2019 season — specifically, next May's PGA Championship — in mind. With the pros headed back this way come next May, some of the Black's more familiar holes have undergone or will soon
Fee increases proposed by new Nassau County Executive Laura Curran would impact golfers renting golf carts and buying range tokens at the county's municipal courses, according to Newsday's analysis of the administration's latest budget proposal. Curran, citing the need to address Nassau's dire fiscal situation, plans to increase both cart rentals and buckets of range
Golf On Long Island's Visitors' Guide to Long Island Golf is now updated for 2018, including information on which area courses are catering to out-of-town golfers who are looking to play while here for the U.S. Open in June. Also featured is the latest information on the new NYS Parks online tee-time system. That's in
Bethpage State Park will soon be running at full capacity, with the Red Course scheduled to open on March 30 and the Black Course on April 14. Of course, April is also spring aeration month at Bethpage, so expect some brief course closures. The Red Course will be first up for aeration on Monday, April
[Looking for this year's camp info? See the Guide to 2025 Summer Golf Camps on Long Island.] There are plenty of different ways to pick up the game of golf for the first time, whether it's swatting old balls around a schoolyard, swinging away at the range or diving right into a nine- or 18-hole