The Town of Southampton is now the sole owner of Sagaponack's Poxabogue Golf Course. Bill Sutton of The East Hampton Press reported Wednesday that Southampton's Town Board unanimously approved the purchase of East Hampton's half-share of the facility, eight years after the two towns jointly purchased the course to prevent private development. East Hampton's $2.2 […]
The 2012 season is about to begin at the Timber Point Golf Course in Great River. Suffolk County's historic muni will raise the curtain on 18 of its 27 bayside holes tomorrow, March 9, with the opening of its Red and White courses. The scenic Blue Course will open next month. Timber Point director of
The 2011-12 offseason will go down in local golf circles as the winter that wasn't. Sure, a couple of courses hung a "closed" sign in their window through January and February, but elsewhere, the golf season didn't skip a beat. Now it's March, and those courses that shut the engine over the winter are about
Low winter rates are only here for a few more weeks, and once they're gone, it's not long before peak-season prices kick in again. One way to stretch out the season of saving is by signing up as a member of Golfing Magazine's Free Golf Program. The mag is currently offering its annual Early Bird
Just because it's the middle of winter doesn't mean junior golfers can't get a little professional guidance. If the sparsely crowded courses dotting Long Island's winter golf scene are too chilly for you and the kid golfer in your family, take them indoors at the Spring Lake Golf Club. Cristy Jurgens, director of golf and
Golfing Magazine recently announced its 2011 Long Island Dream Golf Club, this season's collection of the Island's finest 18 holes and top off-course facilities. Public golf holes make up half of this year's 6,954-yard layout, which begins and ends with lake-jumping shots at the public Sandpiper Course at Spring Lake Golf Club and the historic
What a difference a year makes. At this time in 2011, Long Islanders were reaching for the snow shovel, not the sand wedge. Fast forward to the present and you've got 60-degree weekend afternoons and tee times flying off the board. Take away the bare branches and the early-morning freeze and it's like swinging a
The famous ball will drop in Times Square this weekend on New Years Eve, and a few hours later, the final balls of the season will drop onto the greens at Timber Point on New Years Day. Timber Point's Red and White courses are closing for the season at the end of the day on
Golfing Magazine recently announced its 2011 Long Island Dream Golf Club, this season's collection of the Island's finest 18 holes and top off-course facilities. Public golf holes make up half of this year's 6,954-yard layout, which begins and ends with lake-jumping shots at the public Sandpiper Course at Spring Lake Golf Club and the historic
Golfing Magazine published its annual Long Island Dream Golf Club earlier this Fall, and after only six public holes cracked the layout in 2010, this year's all-star 18 is split down the middle with nine public and nine private golf holes from across the Island. Every season, Golfing Mag editors highlight some of the best