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
Bethpage State Park's reign continues in the annual "Best of LI" poll conducted by the Long Island Press. Long Island Press readers who voted during the months-long survey selected Bethpage as the "Best Golf Course" on Long Island for 2016. The 90-hole mega-complex is the only golf facility to earn top course honors since the
The post-blizzard melt is almost complete, and more and more Long Island golf courses are getting back up to speed. It's been a few seasons since golf was an option in February, so players should take advantage. After all, the best way to pregame for the Super Bowl is to skip the hours-long studio shows
The abandoned, unkempt remains of the Calverton Links golf course will soon host a variety of outdoor events, according to the Riverhead News-Review. The owners of Cousins Paintball, located nearby on Edwards Avenue in Calverton, signed a three-year lease on the former golf course property and plan to use the grounds for their seasonal zombie
[UPDATE, May 19: Tallgrass will remain open through the summer of 2016, according to Newsday's Mark Herrmann.] The future of Tallgrass Golf Course is now in the hands of the Town of Brookhaven Planning Board, which listened to a presentation from solar developers on Monday asking the board to grant a special permit that would
For local junior golfers, the rarely open road to Augusta National begins this July at one of three Long Island golf courses. Standing between the young golfer in your life and the Nantz-adored azaleas of Augusta are hundreds of juniors across Long Island and the Northeast, with the best invited to compete at the famous club next spring. Qualifying