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Mill Pond featuring Veterans Day promotion, Thanksgiving Turkey Shootout

18-hole, Course Promos and Updates, For Beginners, Suffolk Courses

November 5, 2018

[UPpost_date: The Thanksgiving Turkey Shootout has been canceled due to weather.] It's holiday season at Mill Pond Golf Course, which is continuing its tradition of luring players to Medford to celebrate Veterans Day and Thanksgiving with the promise of golf incentives. Back for another Veterans Day is Mill Pond's "Comeback Coupon." On Monday, November 12, […]

Island’s End to host annual fall scramble tournament on November 11

18-hole, Course Promos and Updates, Suffolk Courses

November 4, 2018

The last round of tournaments and holiday outings for the 2018 season will tee off this month as Long Island courses prepare for winter. Out in Greenport, Island's End Golf & Country Club will host its annual fall scramble on Sunday, November 11. The tournament includes breakfast, buffet lunch and an hour of open bar

Bethpage Black to close for the season on November 11

18-hole, Bethpage, Course Promos and Updates, Nassau Courses, North Shore/Central

October 30, 2018

The 2018 season is coming to a close on the Black Course at Bethpage State Park. The last day to play the Black is Sunday, November 11. While the Black's season will end in its usual mid-November slot, its reopening next spring is not quite as predictable. Old Man Winter will decide how much golf

Trick-or-Treat prize giveaway this week on the range at Sunken Meadow

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October 28, 2018

Sunken Meadow State Park is embracing the spirit of Halloween this season, and golfers who visit the courses this week could bag some sweet golf goodies in lieu of a customary two-pack of Sweet Tarts. Drop by the Sunken Meadow driving range between now and Halloween evening for the park's Trick-or-Treat event — if your

Nine & Dine tomorrow at Island’s End

18-hole, 9-hole, Course Promos and Updates, Suffolk Courses

October 18, 2018

Island's End Golf & Country Club in Greenport is hosting a late-afternoon Nine & Dine tomorrow, October 19. Tee time for the event is 4 p.m. Nine holes beside the Long Island Sound will be followed by a prime rib dinner. Registration for Island's End members is $35; non-members pay $60. Island's End aerated its

Fall “Double Play” discount available at Cherry Creek

18-hole, Course Promos and Updates, For Beginners, Suffolk Courses

October 15, 2018

Fans of Cherry Creek's "Double Play" special will be pleased to learn that the Riverhead facility is offering a discounted late-season version of its popular deal this fall. "Double Play" cards are currently available for purchase at both the Woods and Links clubhouses and entitle golfers to one 18-hole round at each of the two

Spring Lake Golf Club making improvements to driving range

18-hole, 9-hole, Course Promos and Updates, Suffolk Courses

October 7, 2018

The driving range at Spring Lake Golf Club is undergoing a late-season renovation. The Middle Island facility has been posting updates on the progress of its improvement project, which focuses on the leveling and reconstruction of the driving range's teeing area. So far, the pavement underneath the range mats has been removed and will be

Irrigation installation, new carts, October special at Brentwood CC

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October 3, 2018

Improvements are underway late in the playing season at Brentwood Country Club. The Town of Islip muni will begin to install a new irrigation system this month, though the course will remain open amid the work. Beginning in mid-October, nine holes will be available for nine- and 18-hole rounds on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. On

Golf and the “Long Island Express,” 80 years ago this weekend

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September 23, 2018

Fall arrived on Long Island this weekend carrying with it bright sunshine and comfortable temperatures — ideal conditions for the start of autumn golf season. Eighty years ago this weekend, however, in the first days of the new fall season, Long Islanders on the East End ventured outside not to play golf, but to survey

Aeration closure this week at Cherry Creek Links

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September 22, 2018

The Links Course at Cherry Creek in Riverhead, home of Long Island's only par-6, will close for aeration this coming week on Monday, September 24. Its sister golf course across the street — the Woods — was aerated earlier this month. For more on the Links Course and the Woods Course, check out the course