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 […]
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
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
[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
[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
[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 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