After a fluky 2019 when the Bethpage State Park golf courses were partially and temporarily reopened in advance of the PGA Championship, it's back to regular business for the park in 2020. Over the next few weeks, reopenings of the Green, Red and Black courses will bring the facility back up to full capacity. First, […]
Corned beef, cabbage, beer, birdie putts — they all come together on or around St. Patrick's Day each year at a couple of Long Island golf courses that celebrate the holiday with chilly, Irish-themed outings. One of them is Mill Pond Golf Course in Medford, which will hold this year's outing on St. Pattie's Day
It's natural for golfers emerging from the winter to look ahead to The Masters in April as the unofficial start of the new golf season. But there are dates to mark on the calendar far ahead of the pros' tee times at Augusta — the mid- to late March reopening dates at Long Island's handful
With the 2010s now recent history, Golf On Long Island published a three-part series on "A New Decade of Long Island Golf," examining where local golf stands and some of the issues confronting the industry and area golfers as the 2020s get underway. Part 1 covers the changing landscape of Long Island public golf and
East End golfers can save a pretty penny on a handful of Riverhead-area rounds this season thanks to an annual promotion by the Riverhead Chamber of Commerce. The Riverhead Chamber is once again offering its seasonal Golf Book, good for eight rounds total at two participating courses. The discount package is available for $240, or
Golf courses are at their least photogenic in late winter, their bare trees and dulled, dormant fairways still a few weeks from the earliest infusions of spring color. But even if the landscapes are not the prettiest, the memories that take shape on the golf course in February can be just as vivid as the
[Follow the links to Part 1 of "A New Decade of Long Island Golf," which covered the main themes of the 2010s and what to expect in the 2020s, and Part 2 on developing local players as time runs low and millennials plan to leave Long Island.] When followers of local golf scroll over Long
Registration is open for the annual Drive, Chip & Putt Championship, an event for junior golfers that culminates every April at the famed Augusta National Golf Club. For Long Island juniors, the road to Augusta begins this summer with local qualifiers at three area golf courses. Qualifying rounds for the 2020-21 Drive, Chip & Putt
[For Part 1 of "A New Decade of Long Island Golf," covering some of the main themes of local golf in the 2010s and looking ahead to the 2020s, click here.] John Borkes opens his back door to a sweeping waterfront view near Freeport's Nautical Mile, and when he plays golf, he's typically right nearby,
It doesn't matter what the calendar says — when weekend temperatures are hovering around 60 degrees and the sun is shining, it's a weekend to think about golf. And not just golf on TV as the pros get tan in Hawaii and California. It's time for playing golf, at least for those who haven't buried