The Timber Point Golf Course in Great River will host an abbreviated holiday scramble on Thanksgiving morning, November 24, complete with food, drinks, prizes and bonuses for all turkeys (no, not the ones you douse with gravy). Timber Point's Thanksgiving outing — a nine-hole, four-person scramble — will begin with a 9 a.m. shotgun start. […]
Start Thanksgiving at the crack of dawn in Middle Island at Spring Lake Golf Club's holiday shotgun outing, set to begin promptly at 8:00 a.m. on Thursday, November 24. Arrive early for continental breakfast, then compete against fellow holiday golfers for first-, second- and even last-place prizes. The outing will follow best-ball format. Entry fee
The way Golfing Magazine sees it, it's never too early to start planning next season's tee times. If you're a golfer who shares that opinion, then get on board Golfing Magazine's 2012 Free Golf Program by signing up for the mag's Early Bird Special. For $39 you get a certificate good for "free" rounds at
The Hamptons-area Poxabogue Golf Course will soon be owned entirely by the Town of Southampton, according to reports in Newsday and The East Hampton Press earlier this week. East Hampton's Town Board voted last week to sell off its portion of the jointly owned golf facility in order to pay off debt from its original
In his Golf Beat column this week, Newsday's Mark Herrmann delves into the history of the Red Course at Eisenhower Park and how the East Meadow layout remains one of Long Island's finest golf treasures. There is a big sign above the ticket office at Eisenhower Park: HOME OF THE 1926 PGA CHAMPIONSHIP. It is
Picture a 498-yard dogleg par-5 that turns hard to the left at almost a 90-degree angle only 200 yards from the tee. Now imagine a small pond jutting into the fairway's left flank just before the turn. Then add three tall trees swaying in the breeze directly over the hazard. Until this year, that was
While some courses on Long Island made it through Hurricane Irene unscathed, others have some work to do to get back into playing shape. The golf courses at Bethpage State Park will be closed through Thursday, September 1 for hurricane recovery and maintenance. Call the course at (516) 249-0701 for updates. This week, be sure
It's only natural for golfers with a competitive streak to shoot for personal benchmarks when they're out on the course and playing above their standard. Breaking 80, touching 90, keeping it under 100 — whatever the goal may be, usually somewhere around the turn, players in the midst of one of their finer rounds will
Poxabogue Golf Center is in the local papers again, and for once it's not related to its past management and restaurant issues. The New York Times profiled the nine-hole course — "the people's golf course" of the Hamptons — and the adjoining cafe/gathering spot in its "Neighborhood Joint" series back in late July. The Times
The fourth hole at Stonebridge Golf Links is the first of the course's very diverse, interesting par-3s. It's also home to the course's namesake footbridge. Sure, it's not quite as historic or glamorous as Augusta National's Hogan and Nelson bridges — and you're typically crossing it only if your tee shot settled woefully left or