The Town of Hempstead is accepting applications for its Supervisor's Cup Golf Classic, an annual tournament hosted by Town Supervisor Anthony Santino and the Department of Parks and Recreation that lets residents battle it out on the course in a quest for the Cup. Now in its ninth year, the Supervisor's Cup is open to […]
Around the same time The Barclays was drawing thousands of local golf fans to Bethpage Black to see the world's best players take on the vaunted course, Golf Magazine released its list of America's best public golf courses, the type of ranking that the Black typically dominates. This list is no different. Bethpage Black is
Harbor Links golfers can beat the heat with a nice meal and a cold drink to top off a round this month on the sun-splashed Port Washington course. Harbor Links is offering a Golf & Grub special through August that includes a full round with cart included, followed by an entree and drink at the
Anthony Scorcia, whose "On Par with Anthony Scorcia" radio show airs Saturday mornings on WGBB 1240-AM, spoke with golf and Bethpage historian Phil Young this morning to discuss the Black Course in advance of The Barclays later this month. Young, an A.W. Tillinghast expert with several books on Bethpage and its legendary architect, spoke about
The New York Islanders are swapping out their ice skates for Footjoys next month, and you can play right alongside them as part of the Islanders Children's Foundation Golf Outing at Bethpage State Park. Islander players, coaches and alumni will take on the Red Course to benefit an organization that has raised more than $10
Bethpage Black will host The Barclays tournament from Thursday, August 25 to Sunday, August 28, but local golfers will be affected as early as August 8. That's the day Bethpage Black will close to the public in preparation for the event, which will bring some of the world's most famous golfers to Long Island for
Golf On Long Island's Phil Carlucci was the featured guest on the June 25 radio broadcast of "On Par with Anthony Scorcia" to discuss the local golf scene as well as Images of America: Long Island Golf. Listen to the full interview in the player below. 6-25-16-Phil_Carlucci Anthony Scorcia's weekly golf radio show can be
In an effort to boost awareness of its waterside municipal golf course often overlooked by its ritzy private counterparts on Nassau's north shore, the City of Glen Cove recently launched a television ad for the Glen Cove Golf Club. The 30-second ad features aerial footage of the course along with an appearance from Glen Cove
Decades after he first put his hands in the turf of soon-to-be Long Island golf courses, Charles K. Martin's fingerprints remain on most of those fairways and greens built during the 1960s golf boom, and they're still there on a handful of courses that arrived long before. Yet, according to a 2010 Newsday article, Martin
The Black Course at Bethpage turned the big 8-0 today, joining its sibling courses and fellow octogenarians Green, Red and Blue. The youngster of the group — the Yellow Course — still has two-plus decades to go. Bethpage Black opened for play on May 31, 1936, marking the completion of an ambitious golf-course construction project