Veterans Day golfers can pick up a second round for free if they tee it up at Mill Pond Golf Course on this year's November holiday. The Medford course is once again offering a special in which Veterans Day rounds — that's Friday, November 10 — will include a "Comeback Coupon" that entitles players to […]
Island's End Golf & Country Club in Greenport will host a scramble tournament this Sunday, November 5. Shotgun start is slated for 9:00 a.m. Two-person teams are invited to sign up for the event, which will include a post-round buffet lunch & bar service, perfect timing to catch the start of Sunday football. The $99
The Black Course at Bethpage State Park will close for the 2017 season at the end of play on Sunday, November 19. The course will reopen for play in mid-April 2018. Prior to its closing date, the Black will be dark for regular Monday maintenance days on November 6 and 13. Bethpage Red and Green
Bethpage State Park is the favorite to continue its dominance in the "Best of Long Island" survey, conducted each year by the Long Island Press and now open for voting. Every October through December, the Press opens up the online polls in dozens of categories that cover recreation, dining, shopping and more across Nassau and
Swan Lake Golf Club will host a late-season weekend scramble on Saturday, October 28, complete with buffet and cash prizes. Tee time for the event is 12:30 p.m. The $100 entry fee includes cart, buffet dinner and a two-hour open bar. Four-person teams must be registered and paid (cash only) by this Saturday, October 21.
Between Manorville and Montauk, there's a stretch of private golf clubs thoroughly documented in history books and prominently positioned in world rankings. One of them — Shinnecock Hills — is preparing to host the 2018 U.S. Open, and its neighbors, places like National Golf Links and Sebonack Golf Club, are bucket-list types far out of
While waiting to tee off seasons ago on the White Course at Eisenhower Park, a playing partner derisively labeled the Robert Trent Jones-designed muni as the one "where every hole is the same." Fast forward to 2017 and, thanks to the efforts of park staff, that description no longer fits. In June, Newsday's Mark Herrmann
Fall aeration at the Eisenhower Park golf courses is scheduled for early October. Aeration will begin on Tuesday, October 10, as follows: October 10: White Course, front nine October 11: White Course, back nine October 12: Blue Course, back nine October 13: Blue Course, front nine The Red Course will be closed for maintenance from
Fifty years ago, with the Long Island golf industry in the midst of a boom period, a local farmer turned his attention away from the fields and toward the fairways, setting the groundwork for a new family business that would provide a half-century worth of golf to players in and around Middle Island. That's the
Fall has arrived on Long Island, and fall's aeration season will soon make its way to the Bethpage golf courses, among others. Two courses — Blue and Yellow — were aerated in August, but the other three will close for maintenance in October, with the Black first up on the schedule. Courses will close on