[This flyover was updated on May 1, 2025.] From atop the 18th green at Bethpage Black ’97 the top of the heap of Long Island public golf ’97 there are two directions one could go to challenge a course widely regarded as the next-best golfing destination on the Island. Just a few paces to the […]
The USSSA Junior Golf Tour will crown its first Long Island junior champions next weekend when young golfers between the ages of 9 and 18 compete in the first local Tour event at Mill Pond Golf Course in Medford. Winners from each age group earn a berth into the USSSA Junior Golf National Championships in
[Looking for this year's camp info? See the Guide to 2023 Summer Golf Camps on Long Island.] Summer golf is more than just early-morning mulligans on a dewey first tee and putting out on the 18th hole as the sun goes down on a twilight round. For young kids and teenagers, summer is a great
Start the new week by golfing bright and early on Monday, May 7, when Sunken Meadow State Park hosts a spring tournament on its nine-hole Red, Green and Blue golf courses. Registration for the outing is currently open at the Sunken Meadow clubhouse in Kings Park. The tournament will begin with a shotgun start at
The Great Rock Golf Club in Wading River will once again host a series of junior golf camps this summer. Interested parents can register their young golfers now for Great Rock's half-day and full-day programs, which run from late June through August in nine weekly sessions and are open to kids between the ages of
The Swan Lake Golf Club in Manorville and nearby Calverton Links are both open for play this morning despite the wildfires that are diminishing but still smoldering in parts of the surrounding Long Island Pine Barrens. As of 8:00 a.m. Tuesday, the courses were on or near the edges of Suffolk County's evacuation zone. Fueled
[For information on the current 2014 Suffolk County Junior Golf Tour, please click here.] While the allure and excitement of The Masters have spurred thousands of adult golfers back to their local ranges and courses for a head start on the 2012 golf season, there are undoubtedly plenty of junior golfers eager to play and
The golf season is accelerating to full speed and the kids are off from school. What better time than now to give your junior golfer a taste of golf basics? Cristy Jurgens, director of golf and teaching pro at the Spring Lake Golf Club in Middle Island, keeps the "fun" in fundamentals with junior "SNAG"
Timber Point's Blue Course — home of the "Harbor" and "Gibraltar" par-3s — will open for the 2012 season on Saturday, April 7. It will be available only for weekend play until further notice. The bayside Blue Course closed earlier than normal in 2011 after it was smacked hard by Hurricane Irene in late August.
The Town of Southampton is now the sole owner of Sagaponack's Poxabogue Golf Course. Bill Sutton of The East Hampton Press reported Wednesday that Southampton's Town Board unanimously approved the purchase of East Hampton's half-share of the facility, eight years after the two towns jointly purchased the course to prevent private development. East Hampton's $2.2