Lido Golf Club put on a little weight in the offseason — 7,000 pounds, to be precise. And that's just in grass seed. Then, speaking of thousands, there's 4,000 — as in the amount of square footage rebuilt to bring back a working clubhouse. These figures and other course updates were distributed in an e-mail […]
Robert Moses State Park on Fire Island reopened this morning for the first time since the grounds and its main traffic circle were heavily damaged last October by Hurricane Sandy. Included in the grand reopening is the pitch-and-putt golf course at the west end of the barrier-beach park. The golf course, accessible at Field 2,
The Town of Oyster Bay will rename its golf course at a ceremony this weekend to honor Joseph Colby, the town supervisor who was influential in the preservation of the 120-acre Woodbury estate and its transformation into the present-day municipal course. The ceremony will take place on Saturday, May 18 at 11:30 a.m. at the
There is rarely any suspense when it comes to the Long Island imprint on Golfweek's annual ranking of America's Best Municipal Courses. Bethpage Black is usually at the top, followed a few tiers below by neighbor Bethpage Red and Montauk Downs. Change is found only in the number next to the latter two. Golfweek
Starting this week, Long Island golfers will receive a Golfing Magazine certificate that allows them to play for "free" at nearly a dozen golf courses Islandwide. The magazine's 2013 Free Golf Program includes 11 local courses — seven full-length and four nine-hole layouts — plus dozens more upstate and across the Northeast. Also, this year's
[UPDATE – 6/3/2013: South Bay Country Club is open for play with phone service and new website. For more on the course, check out Golf On Long Island's South Bay Country Club flyover.] The rebranded South Bay Country Club in Oceanside will be available to public golfers when it opens for play next month, according
Newsday has published a correction of the false data that ran in a graphic in the Sunday LI Business cover story on April 7 regarding Long Island golf courses. The correction appears in the Wednesday, April 17 print edition. The business feature, which analyzed the "shrinking" of the local golf course industry, claimed that the
After a silent start to the spring, the Bay Park Golf Course is open again along the south shore in East Rockaway. The gates to the clubhouse and parking lot had been locked and phone calls to the park left unanswered since Hurricane Sandy tore through the area in October. Shortly after the storm, Golf
Believe it or not, there's a way for the junior golfer in your life to play Augusta National that doesn't require trespassing or becoming the world's youngest corporate bigwig. As told to the national viewing audience this week by Jim Nantz and Nick Faldo, junior golfers across the country can compete for the chance to
[Newsday published a correction in its April 17 print edition for the use of misinformation in its April 7 feature. Read the correction here.] While there's no way to dispute that rounds are down from previous highs and that Long Island golf courses are competing for customer dollars against additional and often cheaper leisure alternatives,