The Great Rock Golf Club in Wading River is inviting Long Island golfers to "take a swing in the fight against breast cancer" when it hosts the third annual Pink Rock Classic on Wednesday, October 7. All proceeds from the tournament will benefit the Fund For Uninsured Women at the Fortunato Breast Health Center at […]
[This flyover was updated on July 20, 2017.] I was first introduced to the Blue Course at Bethpage State Park as a high-schooler with 18-hole golf experience that could only be described as scant. At the time of my Blue debut, golf to me was a game played over nine flat holes where balls could
[This flyover was updated on April 7, 2011.] Designed at the hand of Robert Trent Jones and situated side by side in the heart of Nassau County, the Blue and White Courses at Eisenhower Park are the area's fraternal golf twins. The two share many of the same traits — wide-open fairways, returning nines, gaping
The third hole at Bethpage Green is temporarily out of commission due to "severe stress" on the putting green resulting from the recent August weather, according to course staff. While recuperating, the 153-yard par-3 has been replaced with a modified par-3 "eighth" built into the ninth hole. The par-5 ninth has been shortened to a
[This flyover was updated on June 1, 2022.] SEE ALSO:Observations: Pine Ridge Golf Club, 6/27/2011Observations: Pine Ridge Golf Club, 6/14/2010 A quick glance at the Pine Ridge Golf Club scorecard reveals little that would inspire a double or triple take. At a touch over 6,600 yards from the back tees and a modest 6,135 from
The Middle Island Country Club — home of the nine-hole Spruce, Dogwood and Oak courses — will host the 2nd Annual Bill Evans Celebrity Golf Outing on Monday, August 31 to raise money for breast cancer research. All proceeds benefit Breast Cancer Help, Inc. and their Long Island Cancer Help and Wellness Center. Entry fee
Lido Golf Club will be aerating fairways and greens beginning tomorrow, August 19, until Friday, August 21. The waterside course along Reynolds Channel will remain open for play during aeration. Check the Lido website for any updates.
The Rock Hill Golf Club in Manorville, one of Newsday's 12 "must play" Long Island courses, will host a pair of charity outings later this month. The Lieutenant John M. Clancy/Firefighter Jimmy O'Shea Memorial Golf Outing will take place on Tuesday, August 18 at 10:00 a.m. Entry fee is $170, and sponsorships are available. Visit
The White Course at Timber Point is the shortest and "newest" of the three nine-hole layouts along the waters of the Great South Bay in Great River. The original 18-hole Timber Point course was part of an ultra-exclusive private club built in the 1920s and considered to be one of the country's finest golf courses
Confident in your short game? Show it off at the Robert Moses Pitch-and-Putt Tournament next Wednesday, July 15, at Robert Moses State Park in Babylon. Entry fee for the event is $39 and includes a shirt, ball, breakfast and lunch. Awards and prizes will be given for various feats. Start time is 9:00, and in