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
Eight Long Island golf courses are participating in this year's Free Golf Program, an annual subscription special offered by Hicksville-based Golfing Magazine. The 2016 slate of offerings also includes an hour of free simulator time at Simplay in Hauppauge. Golfing Mag certificates, now available for $49, will soon arrive in subscriber mailboxes and allow "free"
Harbor Links Golf Course in Port Washington will host Women's Golf Day on Tuesday, June 7, an afternoon gathering that combines golf, professional instruction and prizes. For $17, golfers can play nine on the Harbor Links Executive Course and take part in a free beginners' clinic held by course pros. Players also have the option
Aeration is already finished at four of the five golf courses at Bethpage State Park. Only the Blue Course remains on the schedule, with aeration slated for April 18 and 19. For those interested in current green conditions, the other courses were aerated on the following dates: Green Course: April 4-5Red Course: April 11-12Yellow Course:
The spring of 1936 arrived like the many seasons of rebirth that preceded it, though in the minds of Long Island's golfers, it undoubtedly felt like the dawn of a new era. Less than a year earlier, the A.W. Tillinghast-designed Red and Blue courses opened at the sprawling new Bethpage State Park complex, whetting the
[Looking for this year's camp info? See the Guide to 2025 Summer Golf Camps on Long Island.] Old Man Winter was kind to Long Islanders this past offseason, giving experienced golfers the opportunity to take their up-and-coming junior players onto quiet courses and offer them some valuable (and maybe a few forgettable) pointers to keep