Low winter rates are only here for a few more weeks, and once they're gone, it's not long before peak-season prices kick in again. One way to stretch out the season of saving is by signing up as a member of Golfing Magazine's Free Golf Program. The mag is currently offering its annual Early Bird […]
On days when the focus is more on practice and repetition rather than double-fairway holes and merciless rough, the 40-stall driving range at Harbor Links is a more appealing destination than its Championship Course neighbor. Private lessons and group clinics are offered, and a prepaid range key is available for high-volume swingers. Golfing Magazine selected
[This flyover was updated on October 5, 2017.] SEE ALSO:Observations: Eisenhower Park – White Course (10/2/2017)Observations: Eisenhower Park – White Course (8/5/2015) Everyone seeks the comforts of familiarity at one time or another. Some might revisit the pizza place they haven't been to in years, the one with the Sicilian slices they once could eat
The "Best of LI" hot streak continues at Bethpage, where each of the five courses have a victory medal all their own thanks to readers of the Long Island Press. For the fifth year in a row, Bethpage bagged top honors in the "Best Golf Course" category of the local newspaper's annual "Best of Long
A crushed drive soars through the air on Bethpage Black's par-4 fifth — the straightest drive you've struck in weeks — and settles into the first cut off the left side of the diagonal fairway. You get to your ball and find you have no shot at the elevated green. Unless there's an incredible power
"Not many people realize that Tillie did design a driveable par-4 for Bethpage, but not for the Black Course. He put it on the original Blue Course." — Phil Young, golf historian and author When Bethpage Black hosted the U.S. Open in 2002 and 2009, many golfers who hadn't already known of famed course architect
Membership permit rates at the Glen Cove Golf Club will change in 2012 and include a slight increase to city residents, a Newsday report said last week. Non-resident permit rates will decrease by close to half as the City of Glen Cove tries to lure more golfers to its municipal par-67 and away from other
The Nassau County municipal courses at Bay Park in East Rockaway and Christopher Morley Park in Roslyn have closed for the season. Sister nine-hole courses at North Woodmere and Cantiague parks will remain open through the winter. Bay Park and Morley will likely reopen in late March. Check back as the spring season approaches for
Golf is not a 365-days-a-year sport on Long Island like it is in Florida, Arizona and other warm climates. But if Old Man Winter keeps Frosty the Snowman in the clouds for a few extra weeks, and if you can tolerate frigid, biting winds and a swing reined in by four layers of clothing, it
The Red Course at Eisenhower Park is closed for the season. The Devereux Emmet-designed beauty in East Meadow will likely reopen sometime in early April. Until then, check out the course flyover or take a look at Eisenhower Red's ghost greens.