The "Golf Trifecta" special posted earlier this week isn't the only way for Riverhead-area golfers to play nearby courses at a steep discount. The Riverhead Chamber of Commerce is once again offering its seasonal Golf Tour Cards, good for eight rounds total at two participating courses. Like last year, the 2017 Golf Tour Card is […]
It's hard to resist — you get a few 60-degree days in late February and instincts tell you to start looking ahead to the spring golf season. On a warm President's Day Sunday, the parking lot at Lido was full. Winter golfers don't waste time taking advantage of playable conditions. Soon enough, Long Island's seasonal
What better day to talk about the dawn of a new golf season than on a balmy 70-degree day in February? Timber Point Golf Course in Great River will reopen for the 2017 season on Friday, March 10, weather permitting. Check back later this month for information on Timber Point's annual St. Patrick's Day scramble.
The "Suffolk 18" is a collection of some of the county's best public golf holes by hole number, organized as a fantasy golf course with a typical par-71 to par-73 layout. To look back at the front nine in detail, click here. Today is the back nine, following a quick front-nine refresher: 1) GREAT ROCK
You can save on summer green fees even in the dead of winter thanks to Golfing Magazine and its annual Free Golf Program. And you can save a few additional bucks on top of the deal by taking advantage of the mag's Early Bird Special, available now through April. For $39, early subscribers receive "free"
Golf On Long Island's "Suffolk 18" has been on the back burner since we published our "Nassau 18" back in 2011. With a lengthier list of courses and much more ground to cover, Suffolk County's fantasy collection of top public golf holes was a bit more challenging to construct, but the end result is 36
The Town of Huntington has approved license agreements with two Long Island-based companies to replace Integrity Golf as operators at Crab Meadow Golf Course and Dix Hills Park Golf Course, according to reports in Newsday and The Huntingtonian. Dietz Golf Corp. of Calverton will take over golf operations at the two town courses, and Gelucci
In the midst of a nationwide downturn in the golf industry, the Town of Brookhaven is working toward preserving its golf courses, and it hopes to do so through zoning. Newsday reported Monday that Brookhaven plans to rezone its town-owned courses as "golf course districts," a newly created zoning category that would prevent them from
Long Islanders woke up this final pre-Christmas weekend to find their holiday decorations covered with three inches of snow, a wet, sloppy reminder that the winter golf season can arrive at a moment's notice. Many Long Island golfers put their clubs away for the year around the same time they pack up their Halloween decorations,
The curtain will close on the 2016 season at three of Suffolk County's four municipal courses the same day the ball will drop to welcome 2017 in Times Square. County golf courses at Bergen Point, Timber Point and West Sayville will go into winter hibernation at the conclusion of play on Saturday, December 31. Reopen