Great Rock Golf Club will end its season this afternoon, closing the book on a tumultuous 2019 littered with widespread reports of horrendous course conditions and rumors about the future of the Wading River facility. Typically praised for its fast greens and overall excellent conditions, Great Rock fell into disrepair this year, with many Long […]
Two years after the long-running Skydrive Golf Center was torn down in Farmingdale, the busy Route 110 corridor near the Nassau-Suffolk line regained another golf facility, all thanks to one Long Islander's passion for … pickleball. Yes, pickleball, the hybrid of badminton, tennis and ping pong introduced to thousands of teenagers each year by way
Bethpage State Park rarely loses any kind of Long Island golf popularity contest — in fact, it's won nothing but gold in the "Best of Long Island" reader survey conducted each year by the Long Island Press. Still, this fall, more than a dozen public courses and private clubs have an opportunity to knock Bethpage
As the 2019 golf season begins to wind down, Cherry Creek would like you to bring your clubs out to Riverhead for an autumn round — twice. The fall edition of Cherry Creek's twice-a-year "Double Play" special is now available — just drop by the Woods or Links clubhouses and purchase a Double Play card,
After listening to arguments last month in support of and opposed to a proposed Topgolf facility beside the Long Island Expressway in Holtsville, the Town of Brookhaven planning board followed up this week by voting 6-0 in favor of granting site-plan approval for the company's first New York location. The approval requires that Topgolf plant
Like a good friend, with the summer drawing to a close, Pine Ridge Golf Club is there, offering local golfers a beer. The least you can do is join it for 18 holes. For the second consecutive season, Pine Ridge is hosting a beer-themed outing — the 2019 Sam Adams Open — as the summer
Glen Cove Golf Club will close on Tuesday, September 10 and Wednesday, September 11 for aeration. The course will reopen for play on Thursday, September 12. Here are some other upcoming aeration dates for public golf courses on Long Island: Cherry Creek – Woods Course: September 17Bethpage – Green Course: September 17-18Bergen Point: October 1-2Bethpage
Ground has yet to be broken in Holtsville for what would be Long Island's first Topgolf facility, but representatives from the Dallas-based company have already received a traditional Long Island welcome from area residents who spoke out against the development at a Brookhaven Town public hearing on Monday. Citing loud music, lights and the potential
Long Island golf courses are beginning to schedule aeration for late summer and fall, with some about to get underway this month. Timber Point Golf Course will aerate its three nines this week, beginning with the Blue Course on Tuesday, August 20. The courses will close as follows: August 20: Blue CourseAugust 21: Red CourseAugust
Brentwood Country Club and Holbrook Country Club are offering their typical summer specials this August. Discounts are available for walkers and late-morning/afternoon golfers at each of the two Town of Islip courses. After 11 a.m., rates are $42 per player, with cart and reservation fees included. Twilight rate (after 3 p.m.) is $38 to ride