The middle of March is a time of golf rebirth on Long Island. For Mel Mindich, owner of The Links at Shirley, this March will instead be an especially cruel one, a time of dark skies and gloomy forecasts. When courses around the Island get into the full swing of spring, Mindich's will not take […]
The Brentwood and Holbrook Country Clubs will reopen for the 2010 season this Wednesday, March 17. Both Town of Islip courses have been closed since mid-December. Tee times are available beginning at 6 a.m. on weekends and 6:30 on weekdays. Twilight rates kick in at 2 p.m. Brentwood is a 6,173-yard par-72 that is mostly
Celebrate St. Patrick's Day this year with corned beef and Callaways at the Crab Meadow Golf Course's annual Leprechaun Golf Classic. The Northport course invites all Long Islanders to participate in the season's first public golf outing next Wednesday, March 17, complete with food, beer and prizes. The Classic begins at 10:00 a.m. with a
The 2010 season begins today at the Crab Meadow Golf Course in Northport. The hilly and scenic par-72 near the Long Island Sound is set to welcome golfers back in the midst of a late-winter wave of warm temps. If this past weekend is an indicator, there will likely be a nice crowd in Northport
Bethpage State Park is slowly but surely shaking off the lingering snow from a rough offseason and preparing to welcome Long Island golfers back for the 2010 season. The Yellow and Blue courses, open for business all winter but rarely used due to weather, will be joined by the Green next weekend when the course
The Swan Lake Golf Club will reopen for play this Saturday, March 6, assuming the winter rain and snow take a break from pummeling the Northeast. Winter rates at the Manorville course are $39 to walk and $49 to ride during the week, and $44/$58 on weekends (breakfast or lunch is included before noon). A
The Tallgrass Country Club has been hard to find on the Internet this winter, but the great Shoreham course resurfaced on the web recently at its new and hopefully permanent home — www.TallgrassGC.com. A redesign makes the site easier to navigate and a bit more concise than the previous address, which led to nothing resembling
Long Island golf courses strive more and more to keep your group on the grounds for as long as possible. One way to accomplish that is to make sure the day ends with a burger in the clubhouse rather than a bogey on 18. Blackwells Restaurant is an upscale, Zagat-rated steakhouse at the Great Rock
It may be hard to believe at the moment, but some of Long Island's seasonal golf courses are only three weeks away from their target date for a 2010 grand reopening. Of course, that date has a nasty habit of getting pushed back when residual snow and ice and overall nasty weather fail to cooperate,
Long Islanders pining for the warmth of spring and summer as they dig out from the blizzard of 2010 received some bad news Thursday when a Newsday report (subscription required) by Bill Bleyer revealed that New York State is threatening to close up to ten state parks on Long Island and either raise fees or