The Lido Golf Club is hosting a series of public shotguns this summer, the next of which are scheduled for this Thursday, June 25 and Monday, June 29. Golfers will be sent out at 7:30 a.m. and receive lunch at the end of the round. Keep an eye on the Lido website for future shotgun […]
[This flyover was updated on February 5, 2018.] SEE ALSO:Long Island Dream Club: Crab Meadow GC #8 Hidden away between downtown Northport and the Long Island Sound sits one of the Island's top golf destinations, a fantastic blend of course quality, conditioning and value. The Crab Meadow Golf Course may not be the easiest track
This week there is no shortage of print devoted to Bethpage Black. Long Island's brightest public golf star will be shining in the spotlight of the international golfing community until the 2009 U.S. Open comes to a (hopefully) thrilling end this Sunday. Newsday has featured Open inserts each day this week, including a 48-page pullout
The New York State Parks system operates six golf facilities on Long Island, with Bethpage its most notable and Montauk Downs not too far behind. In between, up on the Long Island Sound in Kings Park, are the nine-hole Red, Blue and Green courses of Sunken Meadow State Park. The Red course, at 3,133 yards
Loyal Golf On Long Island reader Corey W. from Manhattan dropped by the golf course at Merrick Road Park for a quick nine last weekend while in town for a wedding, and was nice enough to provide his take on the course and its conditions. Corey, who says he normally plays in the Bronx at
Bethpage Black's abbreviated spring season came to an end this weekend as final preparations begin for the return of the U.S. Open to Long Island. The course will host golf's national championship from Thursday, June 18 to Sunday, June 21, and will reopen to the public on June 27. The other four Bethpage courses will
[NOTE: Dix Hills Golf Club has closed.] The shaded cabin at the Dix Hills Golf Club, with its weathered, throwback signage and gravel driveway, is a pleasant place to start a round of golf. What hides behind it — literally — is far from pleasant, unless you consider hacking up and out of a 40-foot
The Stonebridge Golf Links & Country Club is offering a package deal to the public this season, ten rounds at the semi-private course in Smithtown for a discounted rate of $450, cart included. That works out to the equivalent of ten rounds at Stonebridge's twilight rate, or about 35% off the standard weekday greens fee.
[This flyover was updated on March 25, 2018.] The Cantiague Park Golf Course is a 1,878-yard par-30 in Hicksville, located minutes away from the Wantagh Parkway, Northern State Parkway and Long Island Expressway. Of the four Nassau County-operated nine-hole courses, only Christopher Morley Park is shorter. Cantiague features three short par-4s ranging from 257 to
Back in January, I noted here that the website for the Pine Hills Country Club in Manorville was out of service. That's nothing uncommon during the offseason, and a staff member at the course assured me that Pine Hills is open every day of the year except Christmas. Well, the offseason came and went, and