A round of golf might be a distant thought once the holiday gift exchange starts next week, but let's face it … those brand-new Callaway irons aren't going to swing themselves. Golf On Long Island loves winter golf, and you should too, if only for the chance to play quality courses with limited crowds for […]
Long Islanders woke up this final pre-Christmas weekend to find their holiday decorations covered with three inches of snow, a wet, sloppy reminder that the winter golf season can arrive at a moment's notice. Many Long Island golfers put their clubs away for the year around the same time they pack up their Halloween decorations,
Golf Channel's travel and buddy-trip guru Matt Ginella announced his list of the top 50 public courses for 2016 last week, and Long Island's lone representative, Bethpage Black, finds itself on familiar ground — near the top. Bethpage Black is ranked behind only Pebble Beach, Pacific Dunes and Pinehurst No. 2, settling in at #4
Two of Long Island's seasonal golf courses have closed for the winter. The Woods Course at Cherry Creek in Riverhead, typically among the earliest to end its season, will reopen in March 2017. Its sister course across the street — the Links — will remain open as weather permits. Harbor Links in Port Washington planned
Time is winding down in the annual Long Island Press "Best of LI" poll — voters have until December 15 to click in favor of their preferred course or club. This is the 12th edition of the survey, which runs each fall, giving Long Islanders the opportunity to nominate and vote for their favorite goods
This weekend is the last chance to play the Red Course at Bethpage State Park in 2016. The course will close for the season on Sunday, November 27. Reopen date is typically in early April. Bethpage Black has already closed for the year. The course usually reopens around the second weekend in April. For winter
Golf is as much a Thanksgiving tradition for some cold-hardened Long Island golfers as turkey and stuffing. So they don't mind missing the Thanksgiving Day parade as long as they can be out on a local fairway buzzing 3-irons through chilly wind gusts. And waiting out a brief frost delay is no big deal —
Leisure Pass Discount Holders in Nassau County (veterans, seniors, differently abled and civic volunteers) can save close to 50 percent on nine-hole rounds at local municipal courses this fall and winter thanks to a county discount announced earlier this week. From October through March, golf at Nassau's four county-operated nine-hole courses at Bay Park, Cantiague
October is aeration month at Bethpage, with the Black Course first to close up shop for a few days. Bethpage Black will be closed from Monday, October 3 through Wednesday, October 5. The rest of the park's aeration schedule is as follows: Green Course: closed October 12-13Red Course: closed October 17-19Yellow Course: closed October 19-20Blue
Golf On Long Island's Phil Carlucci will talk about his book Images of America: Long Island Golf on September 28 as part of the Huntington Historical Society's "Lunch & Learn" series. Society members and non-members are invited to attend the event, which will take place at Black & Blue Seafood Chophouse in Huntington. The book