Simplay, the indoor golf and sports facility in Hauppauge, will host a "Networking with Golf" event this Friday, January 25, complete with a simulator scramble for up to 40 golfers. The unique indoor scramble will tee off at 2:30 p.m. after registration and lunch. Beer, wine and soda will be served throughout the golf portion […]
Street names can give clues about a community's past. That's especially true with golf courses. When Long Island streets are tagged with golf-related terms, it often means that buried beneath sidewalks and front lawns are the remains of a long-forgotten (or fondly remembered) course. This series of posts will look back at courses that have
The first weekend of 2019 is about to arrive toting temperatures somewhere in the 40s along with a little early rain. Sounds like favorable winter golf conditions to us. Golf On Long Island loves winter golf, and you should too, if only for the chance to play quality courses with limited crowds for a discount
The winter of 2018-19 has arrived with buckets of rain that will keep Long Island's offseason golfers away from the course for a saturated day or two, though it could always be worse. Drop the temperature by 20 degrees or so and turn that rain into snow and you have a dreaded December blizzard potent
One year to the day since the Brookhaven Town Board voted unanimously to approve zoning changes that would allow Long Island to land New York's first Topgolf facility, there is no indication that the popular driving range and entertainment venue will arrive here anytime in the near future. Topgolf, known for its growing chain of
The Town of Islip municipal courses at Brentwood Country Club and Holbrook Country Club have closed for the season. The courses typically reopen in mid-March, weather permitting. The Woods Course at Cherry Creek in Riverhead has also shut down for the winter. Look for the course to reopen in late March. Meanwhile, across the street,
The 2019 PGA Championship at Bethpage Black is five months away but its presence is already impacting the way golfers utilize the park golf courses this winter season. Only the Blue Course will be open for play for at least the early portion of the 2018-19 winter season, according to a statement posted on the
Bethpage State Park's director of agronomy Andrew Wilson joined A.J. Voelpel on the Metropolitan Golf Association's "Around the Met" podcast earlier this month to discuss the park and its preparation for next May's PGA Championship. Wilson and Voelpel chatted about ideal winter conditions leading up to the event, which will tee off in May for
Only a handful of golfers, outside the most frost-hardy Long Island players, associate Thanksgiving — the holiday of turkey and football — with November golf — the sport of turtlenecks and foot-warmers. However, golf comes with all the trimmings on Thanksgiving — tournaments, prizes, open bars and sometimes an actual turkey. It's the last call
Pine Hills Golf & Country Club will host a November holiday outing next week, though it's not the holiday you're expecting. The Manorville course welcomes those who choose to avoid mall madness in favor of post-holiday golf to its annual Black Friday Turkey Shoot, slated to tee off at 9:30 a.m. on November 23. The