With an ongoing moratorium on development of The Woodmere Club golf course set to expire in August, the Town of Hempstead is now looking to utilize zoning changes to prevent its golf course properties from being overrun by residential building, according to Newsday. Hempstead is currently exploring its options at The Woodmere Club, a century-old […]
[This flyover was updated on July 23, 2023.] Nassau County lost its only beachfront pitch-and-putt layout in 2012 when Hurricane Sandy (and Irene the year before) pummeled the short course at Jones Beach, long a fixture beside the state park's iconic tower. Three years later, Nassau golfers got one back when the county cut the
Another May, another batch of Free Golf Program certificates set to hit mailboxes all across Nassau and Suffolk, courtesy of Golfing Magazine. The Hicksville-based publication announced the list of participating courses in its annual Free Golf Program on Tuesday, and the 2018 roster covers almost every corner of Long Island. Nine golf courses are offering
Nestled inside a quiet residential Massapequa community, the nine-hole Peninsula Golf Club is as close to a neighborhood golf course as you'll find on Long Island. For every handful of shots that land safely on a green in regulation, one misguided attempt might settle inside someone's front lawn. And while the course remains the same
Fee increases proposed by new Nassau County Executive Laura Curran would impact golfers renting golf carts and buying range tokens at the county's municipal courses, according to Newsday's analysis of the administration's latest budget proposal. Curran, citing the need to address Nassau's dire fiscal situation, plans to increase both cart rentals and buckets of range
Golf On Long Island's Visitors' Guide to Long Island Golf is now updated for 2018, including information on which area courses are catering to out-of-town golfers who are looking to play while here for the U.S. Open in June. Also featured is the latest information on the new NYS Parks online tee-time system. That's in
March Madness is underway in the world of college hoops, which means it's bracket-filling season for everyone from casual observer to Cameron Crazie. Brackets shouldn't be confined to basketball though, and as it turns out, once you set aside the pitch-and-putts down along the beach, Long Island has exactly 64 distinct public golf courses. Sounds
February almost always teases golfers with a tiny taste of spring, and when it does, it has a tendency to sock them with a blizzard just as they were getting their clubs regripped for the new season. But when the snow holds off, course openings are just around the corner. Long Island's seasonal golf courses
If you have no problem spending an hour-plus in the clubhouse waiting out a frost delay, if you get excited for a sunny 45-degree weather forecast, and if your golf wardrobe includes multiple pairs of cold-weather golf gloves, chances are you're a seasoned Long Island winter golfer. The majority of local golfers put the finishing
Long after the majority of Long Island's golfers have packed their clubs away for hibernation, a dedicated group of players keep the active deep into the fall and winter. For them, Halloween, Thanksgiving and even New Year's are just great golfing days with wide-open tee sheets, merely chillier equivalents to warm spring rounds on Memorial