[Looking for this year's camp info? See the Guide to 2023 Summer Golf Camps on Long Island.] Summer golf is more than just early-morning mulligans on a dewey first tee and putting out on the 18th hole as the sun goes down on a twilight round. For young kids and teenagers, summer is a great […]
Have to admit — I've been hitting golf balls all across Long Island for nearly two decades, and it wasn't until two weeks ago that I found out about the driving range at SUNY Farmingdale. And ironically, in one of those strange coincidences that you always take note of, on the same day I first
Reader Andrew Song, a Golf On Long Island fan since 2009, values his time on the driving range. And if it's a grass range, all the better. A Bayside, Queens resident, Song doesn't mind heading east to Suffolk County if it means a break from New York City and Bethpage crowds, and the chance to
Its netting still stands, though probably not for much longer. Its main building and two tiers of driving stalls have already vanished. The Island Green Golf Center has closed for development of its 14 acres on Middle Country Road in Selden. Last May, Golf On Long Island highlighted a Newsday article that outlined the fate
The 2012 Long Island Golf Show has been postponed, according to The Results Group, which runs the annual expo. No makeup date has been announced. The show was originally scheduled for for March 23-25 at Suffolk County Community College in Brentwood. Last year's event featured two-time major champion John Daly and Michael Breed of The
Your dream round is over — it's time to grab a bite. Oh, and there's a hole-in-one on your card, so first you'll have to buy drinks for everyone at the bar. (It is a dream round, after all.) Then you can sit down to eat. Taste 99 at Bethpage State Park is the final
On days when the focus is more on practice and repetition rather than double-fairway holes and merciless rough, the 40-stall driving range at Harbor Links is a more appealing destination than its Championship Course neighbor. Private lessons and group clinics are offered, and a prepaid range key is available for high-volume swingers. Golfing Magazine selected
The Zagat-rated Blackwells Restaurant at the Great Rock Golf Club in Wading River is a veteran of Golfing Magazine's Long Island Dream Club by now, having been selected for a spot in the 2009 all-star cast. This year Golfing Magazine went ahead and honored the entire clubhouse in its 2011 edition of the Long Island
Capping a suspense-free voting period, Bethpage State Park was crowned "Best Golf Course" last month when the Long Island Press announced the results of its annual "Best of LI" poll. The real surprise was over in the less heralded, more practice-oriented "Best Driving Range" category, where the Oakdale Golf Center flew under the radar and
Bethpage Black slipped into its annual winter hibernation earlier this month, but inside a small St. James strip mall, the fairway leading up to the Black's famous fourth-hole glacier bunker is still a deep, healthy green and the air is a May-like 72 degrees. Conditions are the same at Pebble Beach, Pinehurst and more than