"Firm and fast" is a pair of adjectives not typically used to describe Long Island fairways, but with the scorching hot summer of 2010 depriving golf courses of the rainwater they desperately need, one course is playing even closer to its links-style design. Tee shots were bouncing, bouncing, rolling and rolling (and rolling) during our […]
Long Island golfers can play the Brentwood and Holbrook Country Clubs for less this summer thanks to a pair of specials that are valid through the month of August. Just print the downloadable coupons from the course websites and tee off for as little as $24. An Early Twilight special includes greens fee, reservation and
The Black Course at Bethpage State Park will be closed for the New York State Open beginning tomorrow, July 19 through Friday, July 23. It will reopen to the public on Saturday, July 24.
It hasn't exactly been a smooth stroll around the fairways for the Poxabogue Golf Center over the last couple of playing seasons. The Sagaponack nine-holer has been the eye of a legal and municipal storm on the East End for at least the past two years, a well-documented whirlwind strengthened by bickering between municipalities, contract
The Championship Course at Harbor Links — Long Island's own grand canyon along Hempstead Harbor — already has the look of Arizona down pat with its rock piles, southwestern-style vistas and sand-oriented history. During a July heat wave, the Port Washington par-72 felt a little like the desert too. Most significant update from the latest
The recent (and ongoing) heat wave has done little to keep us off the fairways — or more accurately, in the rough — of Long Island's golf courses. Earlier this week, Golf On Long Island visited Wading River's Great Rock Golf Club for another showdown with a course that demands pinpoint accuracy and a deft
Bethpage State Park's Black Course will be closed sporadically through the month of July for scheduled maintenance and the New York State Open. The Black will be dark every Monday for maintenance (open July 5 on a holiday schedule), as well as Tuesday, July 6, Thursday, July 15 and Wednesday, July 28. From July 19
Grab three of your golfing buddies, add the American trio of red, white and blue, and keep a few extra Founding Fathers in your wallet this July 4th at one of Long Island's top public courses. The Tallgrass Country Club is offering a pay-for-three holiday special for all foursomes this Independence Day, provided someone in
[NOTE: After a routing change during the 2012 season, Wind Watch #1 below is now #10. For info about the course change, follow this link.] Not satisfied with holding the (unofficial) title of highest elevated teebox on Long Island, the folks at Hamlet Wind Watch Golf & Country Club decided to rise to even loftier heights
Polish your game at the Tallgrass Country Club this summer, where pro Phil Tita and his staff will hold free player-development clinics every Sunday through Labor Day. Each one-hour clinic begins at 2 p.m. and includes a demonstration and mini-lesson. Sessions rotate each week and cover iron play, chipping, putting, woods and sand play. The