South Shore

Long Island Press announces nominees for “Best Golf Course” of 2014

18-hole, 18-hole, 9-hole, Bethpage, Course Promos and Updates, In the News, Nassau Courses, North Shore/Central, South Shore, Suffolk Courses

October 10, 2013

The golf season is winding down, which means voting in the annual Long Island Press "Best of LI" poll is just heating up. Golfers and golf fans have a few months to cast their votes online for Long Island's "Best Golf Course" as well as the area's top driving range and golf store. Voting is […]

Aeration at South Bay Country Club

18-hole, Course Promos and Updates, Nassau Courses, South Shore

August 30, 2013

South Bay Country Club in Oceanside will take a quick maintenance break next week after what will likely be a busy Labor Day weekend. The bayside course will be closed for aeration on Tuesday, September 3 and Wednesday, September 4. While the crew takes care of the turf, you can brush up on the windy

Registration deadline approaching for sixth annual Supervisor’s Cup Golf Classic

18-hole, For Beginners, Nassau Courses, South Shore

August 29, 2013

Town of Hempstead residents interested in playing in the sixth annual Supervisor's Cup Golf Classic have until next Friday, September 6 to register for the annual late-season tournament hosted by Kate Murray and the town's Department of Parks and Recreation. This season's Classic is scheduled for Wednesday, October 2 at the Lido Golf Club. The

Observations: New driving range open at South Bay Country Club

18-hole, Course Promos and Updates, Nassau Courses, Observations, Off-Course Destinations, South Shore

July 29, 2013

Two months into its grand reopening season on the water in Oceanside, South Bay Country Club is quickly working its way up to full speed. The Sandy-damaged facility had the course up and running in time for Memorial Day weekend this spring, but the driving range and halfway house remained in the very early stages

Lido Golf Club to host July 4th outing

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July 3, 2013

Fireworks will fly later that night, but in the morning, tee shots will soar on the south shore as part of Lido Golf Club's first annual Independence Day Shotgun, scheduled to kick off at 8:00 a.m. on Thursday, July 4. Registration is currently open through the Lido pro shop. The $70 entry fee covers breakfast

Flyover: The Golf Club at Middle Bay (fka South Bay Country Club)

18-hole, Nassau Courses, South Shore

June 3, 2013

[This flyover was updated on January 27, 2019.] [NOTE – April 2015: Middle Bay reconfigured its layout in the 2014-15 offseason. The flyover below reflects the current routing.] Hurricane Sandy in 2012 permanently reshaped parts of the coastline of Long Island's south shore, and in the process reoriented one of its long-established golf courses. Middle

Lido Golf Club letter details extent of course and clubhouse repairs

18-hole, Course Promos and Updates, In the News, Nassau Courses, South Shore

May 29, 2013

Lido Golf Club put on a little weight in the offseason — 7,000 pounds, to be precise. And that's just in grass seed. Then, speaking of thousands, there's 4,000 — as in the amount of square footage rebuilt to bring back a working clubhouse. These figures and other course updates were distributed in an e-mail

Pitch & Putt uppost_date: Robert Moses State Park Golf Course open again, Cedar Beach open, Jones Beach closed

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May 23, 2013

Robert Moses State Park on Fire Island reopened this morning for the first time since the grounds and its main traffic circle were heavily damaged last October by Hurricane Sandy. Included in the grand reopening is the pitch-and-putt golf course at the west end of the barrier-beach park. The golf course, accessible at Field 2,

South Bay Country Club in Oceanside will be open to the public

18-hole, In the News, Nassau Courses, South Shore

April 27, 2013

[UPDATE – 6/3/2013: South Bay Country Club is open for play with phone service and new website. For more on the course, check out Golf On Long Island's South Bay Country Club flyover.] The rebranded South Bay Country Club in Oceanside will be available to public golfers when it opens for play next month, according

Newsday runs correction for use of false data in golf business feature

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April 18, 2013

Newsday has published a correction of the false data that ran in a graphic in the Sunday LI Business cover story on April 7 regarding Long Island golf courses. The correction appears in the Wednesday, April 17 print edition. The business feature, which analyzed the "shrinking" of the local golf course industry, claimed that the

Golf on Long Island

A Golfer's Internet Guide to the Public Courses of Nassau & Suffolk