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A New Decade of Long Island Golf, Part 3 — Finding a new voice for courses as marketing evolves in the age of social media

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January 30, 2020

[Follow the links to Part 1 of "A New Decade of Long Island Golf," which covered the main themes of the 2010s and what to expect in the 2020s, and Part 2 on developing local players as time runs low and millennials plan to leave Long Island.] When followers of local golf scroll over Long […]

A New Decade of Long Island Golf, Part 2 — Developing lifelong players as time runs low and Long Islanders leave

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January 25, 2020

[For Part 1 of "A New Decade of Long Island Golf," covering some of the main themes of local golf in the 2010s and looking ahead to the 2020s, click here.] John Borkes opens his back door to a sweeping waterfront view near Freeport's Nautical Mile, and when he plays golf, he's typically right nearby,

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

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December 24, 2019

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

Junior golfers play free this Saturday at New York State Parks courses

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July 17, 2019

Take your junior golfers to the nearest state park for nine or 18 holes this Saturday — New York State is picking up the green fee. This Saturday, July 20, is Free Youth Golf Day, a statewide event that Governor Andrew Cuomo announced this spring as New York welcomed the PGA Championship to the crown

2019 public golf course reopenings on Long Island

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February 24, 2019

We're almost out of the winter free of blizzards, clear of long blocks of time with closed courses. Offseason golfers have had plenty of days to tee it up while the rest stay put until spring. Well, spring now appears on the horizon, and with March about to arrive, it's reopening season on Long Island.

Flyover: Nickerson Dunes Pitch & Putt

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June 18, 2018

[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

Public golf options near Shinnecock Hills

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June 13, 2018

Shinnecock Hills is the capital of the golf universe this week, and there are plenty of agonizing East End traffic reports to prove it. And while vaunted Long Island clubs like National, Sebonack, Maidstone and others are picking up some of Shinnecock's spotlight rather than the likes of Pine Hills and Poxabogue, let's just say

GOLI Visitors’ Guide to Long Island Golf updated for 2018 and US Open attendees

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April 2, 2018

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

Bethpage repeats as “Best Golf Course” in annual Long Island Press poll

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February 24, 2017

Nothing to see here. The results are in for the 2017 "Best of LI" poll by the Long Island Press, and Bethpage State Park is still on top. In fact, all of the golf-category winners from 2016 are back in the top spot — Bethpage for "Best Golf Course," Heartland Golf Park for "Best Driving

Three Long Island courses to host local qualifiers this summer for Drive, Chip and Putt Championship at Augusta

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January 16, 2016

For local junior golfers, the rarely open road to Augusta National begins this July at one of three Long Island golf courses. Standing between the young golfer in your life and the Nantz-adored azaleas of Augusta are hundreds of juniors across Long Island and the Northeast, with the best invited to compete at the famous club next spring. Qualifying

Golf on Long Island

A Golfer's Internet Guide to the Public Courses of Nassau & Suffolk