During our first visit to the Holbrook Country Club a few years ago, a crow — either hungry or simply mischievous — took advantage of our concentration on the putting green and helped itself without any hesitation to some of Rob's unguarded breakfast. It then joined its friends up in the trees for a hearty […]
Start Thanksgiving at the crack of dawn in Middle Island at Spring Lake Golf Club's holiday shotgun outing, set to begin promptly at 8:00 a.m. on Thursday, November 24. Arrive early for continental breakfast, then compete against fellow holiday golfers for first-, second- and even last-place prizes. The outing will follow best-ball format. Entry fee
Long Island golfers have a lot to be thankful for, including a 65-degree Election Day and seasonal green fee specials. Plenty of players across the Island are also thankful for the local courses that put on early-morning Turkey Day golf outings. Mill Pond Golf Course in Medford is one of them. On Thanksgiving, Mill Pond
It's Halloween and we've already been through one snow–, err, slushstorm. Perhaps last winter is eager to pick up where it left off. No matter the meteorological outlook, one thing that can't be denied is the availability of favorable Fall season golf specials around Long Island. Here is a sampling: Great Rock: $49 weekdays, $39
The gated entrance to the former Links at Shirley sits largely ignored along William Floyd Parkway, some of its letters missing as it protects overgrown corridors of once-pristine golf holes. Soon, the site will be split up between single-family homes, 55-and-over townhouses and open space. According to Newsday, as part of a deal between the
What's scarier — Halloween ghosts and goblins, or a bogey on a par-5 in a team scramble? Thanks to the Crab Meadow Golf Course, you and your playing partners can settle that debate between yourselves while putting to save par at the course's holiday Trick Or Treat Outing next Monday, October 31. The Halloween scramble
The way Golfing Magazine sees it, it's never too early to start planning next season's tee times. If you're a golfer who shares that opinion, then get on board Golfing Magazine's 2012 Free Golf Program by signing up for the mag's Early Bird Special. For $39 you get a certificate good for "free" rounds at
The Hamptons-area Poxabogue Golf Course will soon be owned entirely by the Town of Southampton, according to reports in Newsday and The East Hampton Press earlier this week. East Hampton's Town Board voted last week to sell off its portion of the jointly owned golf facility in order to pay off debt from its original
Golfing Magazine recently announced its 2010 Long Island Dream Golf Club, this season’s collection of the Island’s finest 18 holes and top off-course facilities. The club’s six public golf holes can all be found on the front nine of this 6,636-yard par-71. Every Monday through the winter, Golf On Long Island will feature one public
The Bergen Point Golf Course in West Babylon will host the second annual Last Hope Animal Rescue and Rehabilitation golf outing on Wednesday, September 23. Entry is $175 per golfer and $600 per foursome, and includes greens fee, cart, dinner, prizes and a silent auction. Contact Jessica Hanlon at (631) 839-6643 or Jim Pryor at