Anyone with plans to play at least one round of golf on a Long Island course this season, listen up. Until April 1, Golfing Magazine is offering an Early Bird Special on its discounted golf VIP program, and according to editor Terrence Jordan, this year's special is the publication's best ever. For $39, golfers receive […]
The Brentwood Country Club, originally slated to reopen for the season on March 16, has pushed its start date back due to residual effects from last week's snowstorm and melt-off. Its Town of Islip sister course at the Holbrook Country Club has done the same. Both courses will start the 2009 season simultaneously on Wednesday,
The Bay Park and Christopher Morley Park golf courses are scheduled to reopen for the season Friday, March 13, weather permitting. Both nine-hole municipal courses have been closed since mid-December while sister courses at North Woodmere and Cantiague Park remained open for play through the winter. Both nine-hole par-30s are very short with contrasting styles,
Bob Misa is a man with a plan — a two-year plan, to be exact. The owner of Golf Etc. at the Arches is determined to make his store a success within his 24-month time frame, whether or not the economy will cooperate. Four months since he opened for business inside the new Tanger Outlets
The Holbrook Country Club will not reopen for the season this Friday, March 13, as previously scheduled. The snow from last week's storm has cleared but the course still needs time to dry out. A tentative date will be posted on the course website later this week.
For sports lovers, March is the month when the world seems right again. Spring Training brings baseball season into view and March Madness puts college basketball on center stage. Pro golf heads east to Florida, CBS Masters commercials become more frequent, and golfers everywhere get the itch to start swinging again. On Long Island, March
Nassau County parks have recently found themselves caught in the crossfire of media statements and a part of ongoing negotiations between County Executive Tom Suozzi and local unions, as the two sides look for ways to navigate the local budget crisis without resorting to salary cuts or layoffs. Suozzi stated frequently over the past few
The Long Island Press wrapped up its fourth annual "Best Of Long Island" poll last month. Each year the newspaper invites readers to vote on its website for their favorite Long Island restaurants, pizzerias, museums, shops, parks — pretty much their favorite Long Island anything. The 2009 poll included more than 175 "Best Of" categories.
Last spring I tried to find a convenient course for an after-work twilight round. Stonebridge in Hauppauge fit my location and rate preferences, but I had a very limited knowledge of the course itself. The only reason I even knew of Stonebridge at all was because of its listing as a "can't miss" course on
Most visitors to Baseball Plus on February weekends are there to hone their swings for upcoming baseball and softball seasons. For the past year, however, golfers have had a practice area for their own swing work, where the crack of a 5-iron and the thud of a simulator screen join the chorus of aluminum bat