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Seasonal Long Island golf courses set to close for ’21

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December 12, 2021

The middle of December is when the curtains come down and the house lights come up for Long Island's seasonal public golf courses. There are only a few days left to squeeze in nine- or 18-hole rounds on these courses, most of which are municipal facilities. You can expect nearly all of them to reopen […]

Seven Long Island courses make Golf Magazine’s World Top 100 for 2021-22

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November 24, 2021

Just ahead of Thanksgiving, Golf Magazine has reminded Long Island golfers that there are plenty of reasons to be grateful this holiday season. Seven reasons, to be exact — that's the number of Long Island golf destinations included on Golf's list of Top 100 Courses in the World for 2021-22. Most notable for public players,

Pine Hills in recovery mode as weekend tornado takes out 100 trees

18-hole, In the News, Suffolk Courses

November 16, 2021

[UPpost_date: 18-hole play will resume on Saturday, November 20.] The tornadoes that touched down in parts of Long Island this past weekend did nothing more than set off loud cell-phone alarms for most local residents, but at least one area golf course is in recovery mode after one of the rare twisters caused extensive tree

Thanksgiving-themed golf events on the schedule around Long Island

18-hole, 18-hole, 9-hole, Course Promos and Updates, Nassau Courses, North Shore/Central, Suffolk Courses

October 29, 2021

Everyone knows Thanksgiving as the time to gather with family and friends around a holiday feast. Not many associate it with frozen tee boxes and hand warmers. But a small subset of local golfers do know that Thanksgiving is just as much a day to watch bad Detroit Lions football as it is to play

End-of-season scramble on tap at Island’s End in November

18-hole, Suffolk Courses

October 21, 2021

November is cool-weather scramble season on Long Island, highlighted by the cornucopia of turkey-themed team events that are scheduled around Thanksgiving (more on those to come next week). A little short of Thanksgiving week, Island's End will host a scramble of its own as it draws the 2021 season to a close. The Greenport course's

Willow Creek to host charity scramble benefiting Stony Brook Children’s Hospital

18-hole, Suffolk Courses

October 20, 2021

Willow Creek Golf and Country Club in Mount Sinai will host its annual Charity Classic on Friday, November 19, a nine-hole outing to benefit nearby Stony Brook Children's Hospital. Format for the event is two-person scramble. Entry fee is $100 per team, which covers green fees, motor cart and range balls, along with food, drinks

Aeration updates around Long Island

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September 9, 2021

[This schedule was updated on September 19, 2021] September is aeration month at Long Island golf courses, and maintenance dates are good to know for local players planning their late-summer and fall rounds. The following public golf courses will be closed for play (unless otherwise noted) while undergoing fairway and/or greens aeration: Eisenhower White —

Crab Meadow renamed for supervisor who helped develop town golf courses

18-hole, In the News, Suffolk Courses

August 14, 2021

Huntington Town has renamed Crab Meadow Golf Course to honor the former town supervisor who played a key role in developing Huntington's parks system and two municipal golf courses. Robert J. Flynn, Huntington supervisor from 1959 to 1965, was instrumental in the town's creation of municipal parks and recreational facilities in the early 1960s, preserving

Free summer golf for kids at Spring Lake’s Sandpiper Course

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July 15, 2021

Spring Lake's junior golf special is back this summer, offering Long Island kids the opportunity to tag along with an adult for nine holes at no cost. On Wednesdays and Thursdays in July and August, kids under the age of 14 play a free round with each paying adult. The special covers nine holes on

Street Names: The Ghosts of Long Island Golf’s Past, Part 6 — Mill Pond East

18-hole, 9-hole, Street Names Series, Suffolk Courses

June 17, 2021

Street names can give clues about a community's past. That's especially true with golf courses. When Long Island streets are tagged with golf-related terms, it often means that buried beneath sidewalks and front lawns are the remains of a long-forgotten (or fondly remembered) course. This series of posts will look back at courses that have

Golf on Long Island

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