Off-Course Destinations

A New Decade of Long Island Golf, Part 1 — A changed landscape, on and off the course

18-hole, 18-hole, 9-hole, 9-hole, Bethpage, For Beginners, In the News, Indoor Golf, Nassau Courses, North Shore/Central, Off-Course Destinations, Pitch and Putt, South Shore, Suffolk Courses

ALSO SEE:Part 2 — Developing lifelong players as time runs low and Long Islanders leavePart 3 — Finding a new voice for courses as marketing evolves in the age of social media Another decade of Long Island golf is coming to a close — the thirteenth, to be exact, since the first shots went airborne […]

Off-Course Destination: Pickle N Par, Melville

For Beginners, Indoor Golf, Off-Course Destinations

Two years after the long-running Skydrive Golf Center was torn down in Farmingdale, the busy Route 110 corridor near the Nassau-Suffolk line regained another golf facility, all thanks to one Long Islander's passion for … pickleball. Yes, pickleball, the hybrid of badminton, tennis and ping pong introduced to thousands of teenagers each year by way

Long Island Press announces nominees for “Best Golf Course” in 2020 survey

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

Bethpage State Park rarely loses any kind of Long Island golf popularity contest — in fact, it's won nothing but gold in the "Best of Long Island" reader survey conducted each year by the Long Island Press.  Still, this fall, more than a dozen public courses and private clubs have an opportunity to knock Bethpage

2019 Summer Golf Camps on Long Island

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[Looking for this year's camp info?  See the Guide to 2025 Summer Golf Camps on Long Island.] Young and old will join together this week to watch the game's greats compete at The Masters, and for many prospective junior golfers, the action at Augusta might serve as inspiration to pick up a golf club for

Bethpage bolsters digital marketing and social-media voice under pro Kelley Brooke

18-hole, Bethpage, Course Promos and Updates, For Beginners, In the News, Nassau Courses, North Shore/Central, Off-Course Destinations, Voices of Long Island Golf

Bethpage State Park is officially a member of the modern era, and it's not only because booking tee times has migrated away from *66 ("the busy-signal fix"). Nearly two decades after hosting its first U.S. Open and entering the international golf discussion, management at Bethpage is now marketing the Black Course and its four sibling

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