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
There's a way for local junior golfers to not only tee it up on the legendary Augusta National Golf Course, but get some national TV air time as well, and it's not by finding a loophole into The Masters. Local qualifiers for the 2019 Drive, Chip and Putt Championship, a youth golf event made possible by
A few golf courses around Long Island have been eager to announce that they are open for play amid this winter's relentless chill (one NYC course even boasted it was open before the recent blizzard melted away), so clearly there are some devoted players interested in saving a few bucks on a sub-freezing round. Golf
Just because Long Island is under attack from a winter "bomb cyclone" doesn't mean a housebound golfer can't envision his or her opening drive of the 2018 season. And while they're shaping shots in their mind this offseason, local players might need to rethink their strategy if they plan to tee of on Bethpage Black.
Topgolf, the 21st-century driving range, nightlife and entertainment center that's popular across the Midwest and South, is one step closer to bringing its first facility to Long Island after Brookhaven Town approved zoning changes this week on an industrial site in Holtsville. The town board voted 6-0 in favor of approving special permits and rezoning
New Year's Eve is the last day to play at Timber Point Golf Course before the facility closes for winter hibernation. The 27-hole Great River muni will shut down the Blue, Red and White courses for the season at the end of play on December 31. Look for at least a partial reopening in early