Golf On Long Island took part in last week's Swan Lake Scramble under a gorgeous blue sky and unseasonably warm November breezes.  The course, serene and secluded in the Manorville pines, remains in fantastic shape two months into the autumn season. Swan Lake's huge greens played a bit firmer and faster than usual and have […]

There's a Black Friday bargain waiting for area golfers at the end of the Long Island Expressway in Riverhead, and it's not at the Tanger Outlets.  While the rest of the Island either shops or sleeps in, golfers with a tolerance for whipping, late-autumn winds on the North Fork can find a decent deal at

The Brentwood Country Club will host a Thanksgiving Day shotgun this Thursday, November 25, at 8:00 a.m.  Unlike other holiday golf events that offer food, drink and contests along the way, Brentwood's Thanksgiving outing is all business — 18 holes and cart for $42. Spots will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.  Call the

The Timber Point Golf Course in Great River will host a Thanksgiving Day Turkey Shoot of its own this holiday.  Unlike most other Thanksgiving outings, however, this one will be nine holes in "blind bogey" format. What is blind bogey?  As Timber Point's Andy Carracino puts it, blind bogey "is a great way to handicap

Written by Rob Dimino Eighteen holes for $20 or less is always a bargain.  Eighteen holes on the Championship Course at Harbor Links in Port Washington for $20 — made possible by Golfing Magazine's "Free Golf" certificate — is an outright steal.  Even when the back nine is closed and the course is in the

Originally slated to close for the 2010 season on Sunday, November 14, the Black Course at Bethpage State Park will instead remain open into the second half of November and possibly beyond.  Considering last weekend's warm weather and the favorable conditions still present at area courses, the Black still has plenty of fair and challenging

Following the exhausting uphill 10th and a wicked 11th green, the par-3 12th hole at the Great Rock Golf Club, from the tee, looks like a pleasant spot for a deep breath of fresh Wading River air.  From any spot on the green that's above the hole, it looks like a nightmare in living color. 

The Crab Meadow Golf Course, a scenic 18 on the rolling, waterside hills of Northport, will host its annual Turkey Shoot Scramble on Thanksgiving morning, November 25.  Shotgun start is scheduled for 8:30 with free beer and appetizers to follow the round.  Arrive early for continental breakfast and unlimited practice balls on the range. Registration

If you're a devoted golfer looking to loosen up early on a cool Thanksgiving morning for 18 wind-whipped holes near the Atlantic, take note — registration is open for the Lido Golf Club's annual Turkey Trot.   Shotgun start is scheduled for 8:00 a.m., but arrive early for breakfast and registration.  For $75, participation in the

Thanksgiving and sports go together like turkey and stuffing, but on Long Island, it's not necessarily football that precedes a holiday feast.  Golf, at some area courses, is as much a part of Thanksgiving as pumpkin pie and a Lions home game. One hour before its central Suffolk neighbor, Spring Lake, kicks off its own