The Town of Islip's three municipal golf courses are closed as a safety precaution, according to a notice sent out Monday night. Brentwood Country Club, Holbrook Country Club and the nine-hole course at Gull Haven in Central Islip are tentatively scheduled to reopen on Friday, March 27. Brentwood and Holbrook recently reopened for the 2020 […]
It's natural for golfers emerging from the winter to look ahead to The Masters in April as the unofficial start of the new golf season. But there are dates to mark on the calendar far ahead of the pros' tee times at Augusta — the mid- to late March reopening dates at Long Island's handful
East End golfers can save a pretty penny on a handful of Riverhead-area rounds this season thanks to an annual promotion by the Riverhead Chamber of Commerce. The Riverhead Chamber is once again offering its seasonal Golf Book, good for eight rounds total at two participating courses. The discount package is available for $240, or
[Follow the links to Part 1 of "A New Decade of Long Island Golf," which covered the main themes of the 2010s and what to expect in the 2020s, and Part 2 on developing local players as time runs low and millennials plan to leave Long Island.] When followers of local golf scroll over Long
Registration is open for the annual Drive, Chip & Putt Championship, an event for junior golfers that culminates every April at the famed Augusta National Golf Club. For Long Island juniors, the road to Augusta begins this summer with local qualifiers at three area golf courses. Qualifying rounds for the 2020-21 Drive, Chip & Putt
[For Part 1 of "A New Decade of Long Island Golf," covering some of the main themes of local golf in the 2010s and looking ahead to the 2020s, click here.] John Borkes opens his back door to a sweeping waterfront view near Freeport's Nautical Mile, and when he plays golf, he's typically right nearby,
It doesn't matter what the calendar says — when weekend temperatures are hovering around 60 degrees and the sun is shining, it's a weekend to think about golf. And not just golf on TV as the pros get tan in Hawaii and California. It's time for playing golf, at least for those who haven't buried
ALSO SEE:Part 2 — Developing lifelong players as time runs low and Long Islanders leavePart 3 — Finding a new voice for courses as marketing evolves in the age of social media Another decade of Long Island golf is coming to a close — the thirteenth, to be exact, since the first shots went airborne
The sudden arrival of mid-winter weather has pushed Timber Point Golf Course into an early offseason hibernation. The Suffolk muni typically holds out until the end of the calendar year, but the course announced it is officially closed until spring due to this week's snow and frigid temps. Timber Point usually reopens by mid-March. Be
Bethpage State Park rarely loses any kind of Long Island golf popularity contest — in fact, it's won nothing but gold in the "Best of Long Island" reader survey conducted each year by the Long Island Press. Still, this fall, more than a dozen public courses and private clubs have an opportunity to knock Bethpage