Two of Long Island's top public golf courses known for being hard on scorecards recently earned some praise from Golf Magazine for going easy on golfers' wallets. Bethpage State Park's Red Course and Montauk Downs both made the cut in Golf Mag's 2024 list of America's best golf courses for $100 or less, "where memorability […]
Two years into its rebrand in Riverhead, Sandy Pond Links continues to spruce up its nine holes on Roanoke Avenue all while it cuts the ribbon on a newer and much shorter 18 right next door. The first of two planned attractions at Sandy Pond made its debut last week, a state-of-the-art miniature golf course
Street names can give clues about a community's past. That's especially true with golf courses. When Long Island streets are tagged with golf-related terms, it often means that buried beneath sidewalks and front lawns are the remains of a long-forgotten (or fondly remembered) course. This series of posts looks back at courses that have been
The Long Island Golf Junkies players group, one of the largest and most active groups in the region, will hold a July Social outing next month at The Hamlet Golf and Country Club in Commack. Event date is Monday, July 15 with a shotgun start scheduled for 10:00 a.m. The LIGJ outing is open to
There are certainties in Long Island golf life ’97 group photos at the Black Course warning sign, wind at Montauk Downs, and Bethpage and Montauk ranked highly in Golfweek's list of the region's top public golf courses. Golfweek's 2024 Best Courses You Can Play rankings were published earlier this month and Bethpage Black finds itself
A development plan that would have built 28 additional homes at Stonebridge Golf Links and Country Club in Hauppauge and shortened its 18-hole golf course into abbreviated nines has been withdrawn by ownership, according to Newsday. All that remains now are lingering questions and concerns about the future of the current golf course. Newsday's Jean-Paul
SEE ALSO:Spy Ring Golf Club in Setauket working its way toward a soft opening this fall (2023)Coming Soon: Heritage Spy Ring GC, Long Island's first shot at the Sweetens Cove model (2022) When a public golf course longer than a pitch-and-putt was last built on Long Island, the world was a very unfamiliar place. Taylor Swift was
[Looking for this year's camp info? See the Guide to 2025 Summer Golf Camps on Long Island.] As golf participation continues to rise, more and more young golfers are filling up driving-range stalls and looking to take live swings on local courses. With valuable instruction and guidance from Long Island's wealth of teaching professionals, they
The future of Stonebridge Golf Links and Country Club suddenly appears to be in doubt. A proposed plan to build additional homes at the Hauppauge course would modify or eliminate several golf holes and remodel Stonebridge into two separate layouts, said attorney David Altman at a March 20 meeting of the Smithtown Planning Board. If
[NOTE: Spy Ring GC is now open. Read more about the course in the Spy Ring flyover.] The wait is nearly over. The slow and steady rollout of Spy Ring Golf Club, the first non-executive public golf course built on Long Island in nearly two decades, is moving ahead toward launch. Spy Ring will make