A round on the Blue and Red courses at Timber Point in Great River is a bit of a walk (or ride) through history. Since the 1920s, when the course emerged on the edge of Great South Bay as a highly touted and equally exclusive private club, players of all social strata have aimed the […]
The middle of December is when the curtains come down and the house lights come up for Long Island's seasonal public golf courses. There are only a few days left to squeeze in nine- or 18-hole rounds on these courses, most of which are municipal facilities. You can expect nearly all of them to reopen
Lido Beach golf both past and present, as well as local, national and even international, is the subject of the most recent podcast just published this month by The Golfer's Journal and narrated by New York sports and golf writer Brett Cyrgalis. If none of that seems to make much sense and the connection between
Just ahead of Thanksgiving, Golf Magazine has reminded Long Island golfers that there are plenty of reasons to be grateful this holiday season. Seven reasons, to be exact — that's the number of Long Island golf destinations included on Golf's list of Top 100 Courses in the World for 2021-22. Most notable for public players,
[UPpost_date: 18-hole play will resume on Saturday, November 20.] The tornadoes that touched down in parts of Long Island this past weekend did nothing more than set off loud cell-phone alarms for most local residents, but at least one area golf course is in recovery mode after one of the rare twisters caused extensive tree
Daylight is becoming scarce as the calendar turns to November, and so are tee times at Bethpage Black. The course is set to close for the 2021 season at the end of play on Monday, November 15. That gives local and visiting players just over two weeks to find an available spot on the famed
Everyone knows Thanksgiving as the time to gather with family and friends around a holiday feast. Not many associate it with frozen tee boxes and hand warmers. But a small subset of local golfers do know that Thanksgiving is just as much a day to watch bad Detroit Lions football as it is to play
November is cool-weather scramble season on Long Island, highlighted by the cornucopia of turkey-themed team events that are scheduled around Thanksgiving (more on those to come next week). A little short of Thanksgiving week, Island's End will host a scramble of its own as it draws the 2021 season to a close. The Greenport course's
Willow Creek Golf and Country Club in Mount Sinai will host its annual Charity Classic on Friday, November 19, a nine-hole outing to benefit nearby Stony Brook Children's Hospital. Format for the event is two-person scramble. Entry fee is $100 per team, which covers green fees, motor cart and range balls, along with food, drinks
With the 2021 Ryder Cup at the forefront of the golf world this week, the host of the 2025 Ryder Cup made a tiny bit of news ahead of this year's competition, with Golf Digest releasing its list of America's 100 Greatest Public Golf Courses. The Black Course at Bethpage State Park, New York's only