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Golfing Mag’s 2018 Free Golf Program open for sign-up with Early Bird discount

Course Promos and Updates, For Beginners, Indoor Golf, Nassau Courses, Off-Course Destinations, Suffolk Courses

March 11, 2018

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 […]

Vote for your favorite Long Island courses this month in a March Madness-inspired bracket challenge

18-hole, 18-hole, 9-hole, 9-hole, Bethpage, Nassau Courses, North Shore/Central, Reader Favorites, South Shore, Suffolk Courses

March 7, 2018

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

Mill Pond to host St. Patrick’s Day-themed golf outing on March 16

18-hole, Course Promos and Updates, Suffolk Courses

March 3, 2018

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

2018 public golf course reopenings on Long Island

18-hole, 18-hole, 9-hole, 9-hole, Bethpage, Course Promos and Updates, For Beginners, Nassau Courses, North Shore/Central, South Shore, Suffolk Courses

February 23, 2018

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

2017-18 Winter Rates Roundup II

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

February 19, 2018

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

No Long Island Golf Show scheduled in 2018

In the News, Off-Course Destinations

February 8, 2018

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

Spring Lake taking entries for April match-play tournament

18-hole, Suffolk Courses

January 26, 2018

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

Harbor Links, Sunken Meadow to host Drive, Chip & Putt qualifiers in July

For Beginners, In the News, Nassau Courses, North Shore/Central, Suffolk Courses

January 21, 2018

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

2017-18 Winter Rates Roundup I

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

January 18, 2018

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

Offseason maintenance at Bethpage includes tree work on Black #1

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

January 4, 2018

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.