Two of the five courses at Bethpage State Park will be closed for aeration as the month of August comes to an end. The Blue Course will be aerated on Monday, August 27 and Tuesday, August 28, followed by the Yellow Course on August 29 and 30. Aeration on the other three courses is scheduled […]
Massive formations of solar panels have consumed large swaths of open space in Shoreham, including the highly regarded Tallgrass Golf Course, and soon they will come for more than 500 acres of Calverton and the remains of the former Calverton Links, according to Newsday. Ten parcels of Calverton land totaling 575 acres will be converted
Pine Hills Golf and Country Club in Manorville has taken to YouTube to let Long Island golfers know about features and recent improvements on and around the course. In the club's latest video, Jimmi Conway, director of golf at Pine Hills, discusses offerings like improved irrigation and drainage systems, extended tee-time intervals and range memberships.
The 18th annual Robert "Appo" Lodato Memorial Golf Outing will tee off on Monday, August 21 at the Rock Hill Golf & Country Club in Manorville. The event helps support Kids Need More and its Camp Adventure, a Long Island camp for children with cancer. Registration is $200 and includes all-day beer, wine and soda,
Upgrades to the cart paths at the Sunken Meadow State Park golf courses will begin later this year, starting with the Red Course, according to an official with the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. George Gorman, Jr., deputy regional director of NYS Parks, said the state has awarded a contract
Street names can give clues about a community's past. That's especially true with golf courses. When Long Island streets are tagged with golf-related terms, it often means that buried beneath sidewalks and front lawns are the remains of a long-forgotten (or fondly remembered) course. This series of posts will look back at courses that have
The Black Course at Bethpage State Park will close Tuesday, August 8 through Thursday, August 10 as it hosts the New York State Amateur Championship. The course will reopen to the public on Friday, August 11. Bethpage Black will also close for its regular Monday maintenance days. For updated information, contact the park at (516)
Skydrive Golf Center, the two-story driving range and mini-golf course across Route 110 from Republic Airport in Farmingdale, is permanently closed. The facility shut down at the close of business on July 28, its entrance now partially shuttered with signs thanking customers for their longtime support. The loss of Skydrive leaves area golfers to look
It's not often that golf-course news pops up in a food column, but earlier this week, Newsday announced via its "Feed Me" blog that a branch of one of Huntington's most popular restaurants is now open at Crab Meadow Golf Course in Northport. Mac's at the Meadow, an offshoot of Mac's Steakhouse on Gerard Street
Nothing says summer on Long Island like golf under the afternoon sun and cracking into some shellfish, and Pine Ridge Golf Club is putting the two together with a special Crabfest event next month. Tee time at the Coram course is 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 5, with 18 holes to be followed by a