[This post was updated on November 28, 2011.] On one side of Route 110 in Farmingdale, small planes soar into the sky from the runways of Republic Airport. Directly across the road, hundreds of golf balls do the same from the stalls of the Skydrive Golf Center. With 72 heated stalls for casual tune-ups, intense […]
Long Island hasn't seen a four-peat like this since 1983. And unlike the Islanders, Bethpage State Park won't stop contending for more titles anytime soon (or move to Queens). Bethpage once again finished on top of the "Best Golf Course" category in the Best of Long Island survey run annually by the Long Island Press.
The Nassau County municipal golf courses at Bay Park in East Rockaway and Christopher Morley Park in Roslyn are closed for the season. Both nine-hole par-30s will reopen sometime in March. Bay Park is a flat, wide-open course exposed to strong winds off Hewlett Bay and surrounding inlets. Christopher Morley is shorter and tighter. Nassau's
Golfing Magazine recently announced its 2010 Long Island Dream Golf Club, this season's collection of the Island's finest 18 holes and top off-course facilities. The club's six public golf holes can all be found on the front nine of this 6,636-yard par-71. Every Monday through the winter, Golf On Long Island will feature one public
[This flyover was updated on December 9, 2021.] The Timber Point Golf Course in Great River juts out into the waters of Great South Bay and provides some of the most gorgeous and inspiring scenery to be found on any Long Island course. While the vistas on the Red Course pale in comparison to those
Golfing Magazine recently announced its 2010 Long Island Dream Golf Club, this season's collection of the Island's finest 18 holes and top off-course facilities. The club's six public golf holes can all be found on the front nine of this 6,636-yard par-71. Every Monday through the winter, Golf On Long Island will feature one public
Golfing Magazine, Long Island's top regional golf mag, published its annual Long Island Dream Golf Club in its recent Fall issue. Each year, magazine editors select the best holes in Nassau and Suffolk, plus the finest clubhouse, restaurant, pro shop and practice facility. The 2010 Dream 18 is a 6,636-yard par-71 that features only six
The voting period for the 2011 "Best of LI" poll, brought to you annually by the Long Island Press, will come to an end on Wednesday, December 15. That leaves two weeks for Long Island golfers to cast their vote for one of 12 public facilities and three private clubs among this year's "Best Golf
The Black Course at Bethpage State Park still had plenty of golf cleats and pushcart wheels traversing its fairways as we looked on last week from the Red Course's fourth green. But after squeezing in two bonus weeks of golf beyond its original November 14 closing date, the Black is now officially in hibernation until
There's a Black Friday bargain waiting for area golfers at the end of the Long Island Expressway in Riverhead, and it's not at the Tanger Outlets. While the rest of the Island either shops or sleeps in, golfers with a tolerance for whipping, late-autumn winds on the North Fork can find a decent deal at