The post-blizzard melt is almost complete, and more and more Long Island golf courses are getting back up to speed. It's been a few seasons since golf was an option in February, so players should take advantage. After all, the best way to pregame for the Super Bowl is to skip the hours-long studio shows […]
The abandoned, unkempt remains of the Calverton Links golf course will soon host a variety of outdoor events, according to the Riverhead News-Review. The owners of Cousins Paintball, located nearby on Edwards Avenue in Calverton, signed a three-year lease on the former golf course property and plan to use the grounds for their seasonal zombie
[UPDATE, May 19: Tallgrass will remain open through the summer of 2016, according to Newsday's Mark Herrmann.] The future of Tallgrass Golf Course is now in the hands of the Town of Brookhaven Planning Board, which listened to a presentation from solar developers on Monday asking the board to grant a special permit that would
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
By this time next week, holiday gifts totaling thousands of boxes of new balls, bags of new tees and fresh new drivers promising 50 extra yards plus accuracy will be sorted and ready for play in the spring. But why wait until April when December — especially a warm one — is just as great
It's been a few years, but it looks like Long Island's 365-day golfers might have a winter to remember this offseason. Last December we said that Long Island's winter golfers were overdue for a playable offseason, and one year later, it appears they got one. With weather discussions swirling around warm temperatures and snow-free forecasts
[UPDATE, May 19: Tallgrass will remain open through the summer of 2016, according to Newsday's Mark Herrmann.] The long-term forecast for Tallgrass Golf Course in Shoreham is unstable, to say the least, yet that has not stopped management from proceeding as normal as the winter offseason approaches. Tallgrass is currently accepting tee-time memberships for the
Warm-weather December golf will continue for another week-plus at West Sayville and Bergen Point. The two Suffolk County courses, like fellow muni Timber Point, will remain open until Sunday, December 27. For more on the courses, check out the West Sayville and Bergen Point flyovers.
With the December weather clinging to autumn with no end in sight, the Brentwood and Holbrook Country Clubs announced they will remain open through Sunday, December 20. The two Town of Islip golf courses typically close during the second weekend of December and reopen in mid-March. For more on Brentwood and Holbrook, click the links
Timber Point Golf Course's 27 holes will close for the 2015 season at the conclusion of play on Sunday, December 27. The historic bayside muni will hibernate for nearly three months before emerging for the 2016 campaign in mid-March, around the time of its annual St. Patrick's Day weekend outing. For more on the Blue,