The Black Course at Bethpage State Park will open for the 2016 season on Saturday, April 16. The season will be an eventful one at Long Island's premier public facility, with The Barclays drawing the world's best golfers back to Bethpage in August. Next door, the Red Course will make its 2016 debut on Friday, […]
Waterside golf and an Irish buffet are on the slate at Lido Golf Club to celebrate St. Patrick's Day 2016. Lido is offering a holiday special on Thursday, March 17 — for $65, players take on 18 wind-swept holes with motor cart, then warm back up with some hearty Irish cooking and a complimentary pint.
[UPDATE, May 19: Tallgrass will remain open through the summer of 2016, according to Newsday's Mark Herrmann.] The Town of Brookhaven's Planning Board approved the special-permit application for Shoreham Solar Commons, a 110,000-panel solar farm planned for the Tallgrass Golf Course site. The board listened to a presentation by representatives of the solar development in
Golfers interested in chasing 18 holes of golf with a little corned beef and cabbage have a number of options on St. Patrick's Day, one of which is up near the water in Northport. Crab Meadow Golf Course will host a holiday outing complete with Irish eats on March 17. Shotgun start is slated for
The Riverhead Chamber of Commerce announced last week that 2016 Golf Tour Cards are available for purchase, allowing area golfers to play multiple rounds at a significant discount. This year's Tour Card program includes eight total rounds for $230. Great Rock Golf Club in Wading River and Rock Hill Golf & Country Club in Manorville
Mill Pond Golf Course in Medford will celebrate the arrival of St. Patrick's Day and the spring golf season with a holiday golf outing and Irish buffet on March 17. Registration is open for the annual event, which is scheduled to tee off at 10:00 a.m. Four-person scramble teams will battle for a number of
Golfweek released its 2016 Best Courses You Can Play list this week, though for followers interested in seeing what Long Island golf courses made the cut, the mag might as well have reprinted last year's list, or 2014's, or 2013's… It's now seven straight years that the vaunted foursome of Bethpage Black, Bethpage Red, Tallgrass
Golfing Magazine's annual Free Golf Program is back in 2016, and so is its Early Bird Special. From now through April, Long Island golfers can subscribe and receive a season's worth of free green fees for the cost of lunch and a few range tokens. As part of the mag's Early Bird Special, participants in
Timber Point Golf Course will reopen for play on Friday, March 11, and won't waste any time getting right into the holiday spirit. The Great River course will host its annual St. Patrick's Day scramble and dinner on Sunday, March 13. The Irish-themed outing, complete with a shillelagh putting challenge and leprechaun-related contests, is a
Nothing accelerates the long, boring drive through the offseason quite like a warm late-winter weekend. All it takes is a couple of unexpected 50-degree days and the search for tee times and open golf courses begins. There's still some distance to cover, but the spring golf season is in sight. The handful of courses that