Thanks to some springtime maintenance, golfers at the Middle Island Country Club can take advantage of winter rates up to and beyond the Masters. After previously extending its offseason discount through the end of March, Middle Island will now offer winter rates on Spruce, Dogwood and Oak through April 15 as payback for this week's […]
[This flyover was updated on March 1, 2021.] SEE ALSO:Observations: Brentwood Country Club, 9/24/2010 The Brentwood Country Club is one of the oldest public courses on Long Island, its original design crafted by famed course architect Devereux Emmet in the 1920s. Emmet, of course, is best known for the Garden City Golf Club, built near
The Great Rock Golf Club's redesigned website made its Internet debut earlier this month. The new version is cleaner and more organized than its predecessor, which had plenty of good intentions but was plagued by broken links and layout issues. It was one of the very few Long Island course websites to actually make an
Bob Misa is a man with a plan — a two-year plan, to be exact. The owner of Golf Etc. at the Arches is determined to make his store a success within his 24-month time frame, whether or not the economy will cooperate. Four months since he opened for business inside the new Tanger Outlets
The Holbrook Country Club is tentatively scheduled to reopen for the 2009 season on March 13, one week from today. That date hinges on how quickly the remaining coat of snow melts. Other Long Island courses are preparing to reopen in the coming weeks. For more information, see Long Island course reopenings.
Last spring I tried to find a convenient course for an after-work twilight round. Stonebridge in Hauppauge fit my location and rate preferences, but I had a very limited knowledge of the course itself. The only reason I even knew of Stonebridge at all was because of its listing as a "can't miss" course on
At many Long Island golf courses, the day doesn't end once the 18th flag is back in the cup and the shoes are tossed in the trunk. Some can host a relaxed post-round meal or a stylish night out just as smoothly as they can turn out a foursome every eight minutes. The Carltun at
Most visitors to Baseball Plus on February weekends are there to hone their swings for upcoming baseball and softball seasons. For the past year, however, golfers have had a practice area for their own swing work, where the crack of a 5-iron and the thud of a simulator screen join the chorus of aluminum bat
So you showed up at the Long Island Dream Club with a dozen Titleists, and you left the 18th green at Cherry Creek Links with only three. A full sleeve disappeared into the drink when you tried to pull a Roy McAvoy through the wind at Montauk Downs. You tensed up in the face of
[A full Eisenhower White Course flyover was published on February 10, 2012. Click here for the updated post.] Eisenhower Park's Red Course gets most of the attention thanks to its past presence on the Champions Tour and its high marks from Golf Digest and Newsday, but the park's White and Blue courses each have good