Lido Golf Club closed for several weeks this past June as the Town of Hempstead took control of the course from longtime operator Double Eagle Golf. The course reopened just as the summer began with a number of additions and minor changes to the course grounds and facilities. Last month, Golf On Long Island's Lido […]
Friends of Golf On Long Island made their traditional Thanksgiving pilgrimage to Medford this past holiday, braving the chill to take part in Mill Pond Golf Course's highly competitive annual Turkey Shootout scramble. On their way to a 7-under team 63, they snapped a few pics of the new tee box at Mill Pond's short
Despite all that has transpired off the course in Shoreham, there's still golf to be played at Tallgrass Golf Course — for how much longer is anyone's guess. Tallgrass Golf Course has made it to May despite reports that the course — the future site of a massive solar farm — would be closed before
[NOTE: The Vineyards Golf Club is a private facility, but it will be featured in this Observations post since it has been allowing public play for much of the 2015 season. Additional course content will be available if the club permanently opens to the public.] Sandwiched between the public Cherry Creek Links and Woods courses
Long, straight and a shade under 7,000 yards from the tips, Eisenhower Park's White Course makes it easy for players to choose what to hit off the tee. And with its trademark gaping bunkers at the mouth of every green, there's added importance on squeezing out every last yard with the driver. So when you
Golf On Long Island's Rob Dimino has been all over the Island this spring, teeing it up on both sides of the bay on Nassau's south shore, navigating slick greens at Great Rock in Wading River, and finding plenty of fairways in between. Out at Great Rock, the devilish 11th green may have been renovated
Feedback from readers has been largely positive regarding the greens at Bethpage State Park, which absorbed a heavy beating from the winter of 2015 and needed until the very end of May to get back to full capacity. For much of the spring, a half-dozen temporary greens were in play on the Black Course, and
Earlier this summer, on the heels of its "While We're Young" and "Tee It Forward" campaigns, the United States Golf Association introduced "Play 9 Day" to promote all the ways new and experienced players can enjoy the sport in a shorter, more relaxed timeframe. Meanwhile, before the July sun rose over Riverhead on the USGA's
Cedars Golf Club, a serene, old-fashioned fixture on the North Fork, was in good shape but in need of some essential maintenance when Tim McManus and Paul Pawlowski took over earlier this year. So they dug in and focused on irrigation, bunker renovation and condition of the greens. And they didn't stop there. Long story
Rates are up (or on their way up) at North Woodmere Park Golf Course and its four Nassau County sister courses at Bay Park, Cantiague, Christopher Morley and Eisenhower. At least there are a few nice things to look at. Golf On Long Island reader Tony sent along a photo of North Woodmere's new hole