The 2012 season will come to a close at Brentwood Country Club and Holbrook Country Club this coming Monday, December 17. When play concludes Sunday afternoon, both courses will begin a three-month break before reopening in mid-March. The sun will be out Friday and parts of Saturday, so get to either of the two Town […]
Anyone who has ever had a putt, chip or approach accelerate off the back of the notoriously nasty 11th green at the Great Rock Golf Club can take some joy in the latest course news. Great Rock superintendent Dan Wolf has already completed a minor renovation of the green that will keep more balls on
Voting closes next Saturday, December 15, for the annual "Best of LI" poll conducted by the weekly (soon to be monthly) Long Island Press. Most relevant to Golf On Long Island readers is the poll's "Best Golf Course" category, which has been dominated by Bethpage State Park for the last half-decade. You can also cast
Timber Point Golf Course in Great River is open again for 18 holes, and has incorporated part of the hurricane-damaged Blue Course into its modified post-storm layout. The Red Course — the most inland of the three nines — is available in full. For now, the other half of an 18-hole round consists of
After nearly three weeks of storm recovery and cleanup, the Brentwood Country Club reopened all 18 holes this past weekend, just in time to host a golf-and-go Thanksgiving outing. The Town of Islip course invites holiday golfers for an early-morning shotgun this Thursday at 7:30. Golf and cart is $42. With no post-round festivities, you'll
A handful of Long Island golf courses that escaped major damage from Hurricane Sandy will be hosting their annual Thanksgiving outings this holiday. Crab Meadow in Northport, which was closed for two weeks after the storm, will hold a four-person scramble that tees off at 8:30. Players should arrive early for continental breakfast and range
Northport's Crab Meadow Golf Course is close to a full recovery from last week's Hurricane Sandy. After being closed for a week and a half for storm clean-up, Crab Meadow will reopen tomorrow, November 10, to walkers only. Motor carts will be available again beginning Sunday, November 11. Out east in Riverhead, the Woods Course
The bayside West Sayville Golf Course has recovered from Hurricane Sandy and is open again on Suffolk County's south shore, walking only. Another Suffolk County municipal course, Indian Island Country Club, has opened all 18 holes in Riverhead. Stonebridge Golf Links in Hauppauge is open and running a $37 online special today through Thursday. Last
The Blue Course at Timber Point, which took a damaging shot from Hurricane Irene barely more than a year ago, is closed until sometime in 2013 after suffering an even bigger blow from last week's Hurricane Sandy. Timber Point sits on the edge of a peninsula that juts into Great South Bay, and the Blue
The Links Course at Cherry Creek is open for play, while its companion course across the street — the Woods — remains closed due to severe tree damage. Phone and web service are still down so no advance tee times are available. The nine-hole course at Dix Hills Park reopened Saturday, but Town of Huntington