Long Island golf courses are beginning to schedule aeration for late summer and fall, with some about to get underway this month. Timber Point Golf Course will aerate its three nines this week, beginning with the Blue Course on Tuesday, August 20. The courses will close as follows: August 20: Blue CourseAugust 21: Red CourseAugust […]
Take your junior golfers to the nearest state park for nine or 18 holes this Saturday — New York State is picking up the green fee. This Saturday, July 20, is Free Youth Golf Day, a statewide event that Governor Andrew Cuomo announced this spring as New York welcomed the PGA Championship to the crown
Tomorrow is National Women's Golf Day, and here on Long Island, a couple of facilities have on-course and off-course events on the schedule for women of all skill levels. Willow Creek Golf & Country Club in Mount Sinai is offering a $40 tee-time special valid between 12 noon and 1:00 p.m. In the evening, head
We're inching closer toward peak golf season on Long Island, and while peak rates are starting to kick in, you can still pay like it's December thanks to another season of "free golf" courtesy of Golfing Magazine. Golfing Mag announced this past week that ten Long Island golf courses are taking part in the 2019
[Looking for this year's camp info? See the Guide to 2025 Summer Golf Camps on Long Island.] Young and old will join together this week to watch the game's greats compete at The Masters, and for many prospective junior golfers, the action at Augusta might serve as inspiration to pick up a golf club for
After a successful inaugural match-play championship in 2018, Spring Lake Golf Club in Middle Island is planning a second tourney this April with a bigger field and condensed play. The 2019 Spring Lake Championship, open to golfers of all skill levels, will take place Friday, April 26 through Sunday, April 28. Unlike last year's double-weekend
We're almost out of the winter free of blizzards, clear of long blocks of time with closed courses. Offseason golfers have had plenty of days to tee it up while the rest stay put until spring. Well, spring now appears on the horizon, and with March about to arrive, it's reopening season on Long Island.
Rare is the golf outing scheduled during the winter months on a Long Island course. Sunken Meadow, however, is preparing to open up the playbook a bit, fittingly on Super Bowl Sunday. The state-park muni plans to mark the midpoint of winter with a "Halfway There" event (yes, outside) on Sunday, February 3. For $50,
The first weekend of 2019 is about to arrive toting temperatures somewhere in the 40s along with a little early rain. Sounds like favorable winter golf conditions to us. Golf On Long Island loves winter golf, and you should too, if only for the chance to play quality courses with limited crowds for a discount
The winter of 2018-19 has arrived with buckets of rain that will keep Long Island's offseason golfers away from the course for a saturated day or two, though it could always be worse. Drop the temperature by 20 degrees or so and turn that rain into snow and you have a dreaded December blizzard potent