For years, on the way to playing nine holes at North Woodmere Park, I wondered why a street named "Golf Drive" existed in a residential area with no apparent connection to golf. The Nassau muni was about a half-mile away, and certainly not the type of course to be commemorated on road signs. Had I […]
Golf On Long Island's Phil Carlucci will lead a discussion on local golf history and sign copies of "Images of America: Long Island Golf" on Sunday, February 12 at the Long Island Maritime Museum in West Sayville. The event is part of the Maritime Museum's winter lecture series. Refreshments will be served at noon, followed
The "Suffolk 18" is a collection of some of the county's best public golf holes by hole number, organized as a fantasy golf course with a typical par-71 to par-73 layout. To look back at the front nine in detail, click here. Today is the back nine, following a quick front-nine refresher: 1) GREAT ROCK
You can save on summer green fees even in the dead of winter thanks to Golfing Magazine and its annual Free Golf Program. And you can save a few additional bucks on top of the deal by taking advantage of the mag's Early Bird Special, available now through April. For $39, early subscribers receive "free"
Golf On Long Island's "Suffolk 18" has been on the back burner since we published our "Nassau 18" back in 2011. With a lengthier list of courses and much more ground to cover, Suffolk County's fantasy collection of top public golf holes was a bit more challenging to construct, but the end result is 36
The Town of Huntington has approved license agreements with two Long Island-based companies to replace Integrity Golf as operators at Crab Meadow Golf Course and Dix Hills Park Golf Course, according to reports in Newsday and The Huntingtonian. Dietz Golf Corp. of Calverton will take over golf operations at the two town courses, and Gelucci
In the midst of a nationwide downturn in the golf industry, the Town of Brookhaven is working toward preserving its golf courses, and it hopes to do so through zoning. Newsday reported Monday that Brookhaven plans to rezone its town-owned courses as "golf course districts," a newly created zoning category that would prevent them from
After a brief stoppage in the early winter golf season — courtesy of eight inches of snow in most parts — the short-term golf outlook is clear once again. There are some playable January days ahead. Golf On Long Island loves winter golf, and you should too, if only for the chance to play quality
Golf Digest published the 2017-2018 edition of its America's Greatest Golf Courses last week, a list that typically includes a variety of high-profile Long Island clubs and one particularly noteworthy public course, and this year's ranking is no exception. Bethpage Black, among the minority of public courses on the list, turned up in the top
Nobody longs to play under three layers of clothes and a pair of gloves when they're teeing off in the middle of July. But come the winter's post-holiday lull, forecasts calling for partly sunny skies and highs in the mid-40s are welcome news. Golf On Long Island loves winter golf, and you should too, if