Bethpage State Park will soon be running at full capacity, with the Red Course scheduled to open on March 30 and the Black Course on April 14. Of course, April is also spring aeration month at Bethpage, so expect some brief course closures. The Red Course will be first up for aeration on Monday, April […]
[Looking for this year's camp info? See the Guide to 2025 Summer Golf Camps on Long Island.] There are plenty of different ways to pick up the game of golf for the first time, whether it's swatting old balls around a schoolyard, swinging away at the range or diving right into a nine- or 18-hole
The antiquated tee-time reservation system that required Bethpage and Montauk Downs golfers to suffer through busy signals and faxed driver's licenses is now firmly where it belongs — in the past. New York State's Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation department has announced a new online reservation system for tee times at select state-park golf courses,
Golfing Magazine is preparing its annual Free Golf Program for the 2018 season, and while the local mag works out all the particulars, Long Island golfers can get a head start on subscribing and saving a few additional bucks to boot. Until the end of April, Free Golf Program subscriptions are $39 as part of
March Madness is underway in the world of college hoops, which means it's bracket-filling season for everyone from casual observer to Cameron Crazie. Brackets shouldn't be confined to basketball though, and as it turns out, once you set aside the pitch-and-putts down along the beach, Long Island has exactly 64 distinct public golf courses. Sounds
Just as holiday-outing season ends each year on Thanksgiving, it begins anew every March on or around St. Patrick's Day, and as usual, Mill Pond Golf Course has an Irish-themed scramble on the late-winter schedule. Mill Pond will hold its annual event the day before St. Patrick's Day on Friday, March 16, complete with Irish
February almost always teases golfers with a tiny taste of spring, and when it does, it has a tendency to sock them with a blizzard just as they were getting their clubs regripped for the new season. But when the snow holds off, course openings are just around the corner. Long Island's seasonal golf courses
Warm week ahead — how about some winter rates? 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 price. Below is a sampling of this offseason's 18-hole rates at area courses. For full details about rates and course
The on-again/off-again relationship between the occasionally annual Long Island Golf Show and Long Island golfers is, well, off again. Florida-based North Coast Golf and Travel Shows, which brought the local expo back to life last March as the "Long Island Golf & Travel Show," is no longer operating the event. Golfing Magazine, one of the
As if golfers weren't already looking ahead to The Masters, now those with a competitive edge can add some good, old-fashioned match play to their traditional season-opening weekend. Spring Lake Golf Club in Middle Island is making plans for an inaugural match-play event that will play out over two weekends in early April. The course's