Below are lists of the 15 most difficult public golf courses on Long Island, from the two longest sets of tees, as determined by slope rating. Technically, slope and course rating are figures used for handicap purposes. However, in simple terms, the slope rating provides a general indication of how difficult a particular course plays […]
The following is a list of Long Island’s public golf courses, by county. Click on the name to visit the course website or, if available, the Golf On Long Island course description (contact info and links to websites can be found within descriptions). You can view all of the area’s public courses on Golf On
Honor your father by treating him to nine relaxing holes and a holiday brunch at the Spring Lake Golf Club in Middle Island on Fathers Day, June 21. Home of the 18-hole Thunderbird and nine-hole Sandpiper courses, Spring Lake is offering this holiday package for $45 per person, cart included. Tee times will be reserved
The Bay Park and North Woodmere Park golf courses are now open seven days a week, as of early May. Both Nassau County-operated nine-hole courses have typically been closed one day each week for maintenance. Under the new schedule, the courses will open at 9:00 a.m. on their former off days — Bay Park on
[This flyover was updated on December 14, 2021.] SEE ALSO: Observations: Dix Hills Park Golf Course, 10/14/2010 The hamlet of Dix Hills in western Suffolk County once featured a pair of nine-hole options for casual, no-frills golf, but after the Dix Hills Golf Club closed in 2012 to make way for upscale residences, the Dix
Golf fans will have a second chance to land tickets to the previously sold-out U.S. Open at Bethpage Black, now that the USGA has decided to make unsold corporate tickets available to the public in June. From Thursday, June 11 through Sunday, June 14, tickets to the practice and championship rounds will be sold on
Golfers have one more week to capitalize on extended winter rates on the Spruce, Dogwood and Oak Courses at the Middle Island Country Club. Through March 31, an 18-hole round at Middle Island is $30 anytime during the week and $45 on weekends. Nine hole rates are $20/$25. Carts are $5 for nine holes and
Anyone with plans to play at least one round of golf on a Long Island course this season, listen up. Until April 1, Golfing Magazine is offering an Early Bird Special on its discounted golf VIP program, and according to editor Terrence Jordan, this year's special is the publication's best ever. For $39, golfers receive
Last spring I tried to find a convenient course for an after-work twilight round. Stonebridge in Hauppauge fit my location and rate preferences, but I had a very limited knowledge of the course itself. The only reason I even knew of Stonebridge at all was because of its listing as a "can't miss" course on
Golfing Magazine put together a Long Island Dream Golf Club in its Fall 2008 issue, a collection of the area's finest 18 holes and its top off-course facilities. Made up of ten private and eight public holes from as far west as Garden City and Great Neck, and as far east as Montauk and Greenport,