Improvements at Cutchogue's Cedars Golf Club are continuing in preparation for the nine-hole course's 2016 season, with the focus this winter on opening up some of the property's waterside scenery as well as a new cafe featuring items from one of the area's prominent snack shops. This will be the third season at Cedars for […]
UPDATE: The Glen Cove City Council approved the fee increases, per Newsday. Rates at the municipal Glen Cove Golf Club will rise up to $2 under a proposal currently under review by the City Council, Newsday reported this morning. The proposed rate increases include a $1 hike in green fees, motor-cart rentals and reservation rates,
By this time next week, holiday gifts totaling thousands of boxes of new balls, bags of new tees and fresh new drivers promising 50 extra yards plus accuracy will be sorted and ready for play in the spring. But why wait until April when December — especially a warm one — is just as great
It's been a few years, but it looks like Long Island's 365-day golfers might have a winter to remember this offseason. Last December we said that Long Island's winter golfers were overdue for a playable offseason, and one year later, it appears they got one. With weather discussions swirling around warm temperatures and snow-free forecasts
[UPDATE, May 19: Tallgrass will remain open through the summer of 2016, according to Newsday's Mark Herrmann.] The long-term forecast for Tallgrass Golf Course in Shoreham is unstable, to say the least, yet that has not stopped management from proceeding as normal as the winter offseason approaches. Tallgrass is currently accepting tee-time memberships for the
Warm-weather December golf will continue for another week-plus at West Sayville and Bergen Point. The two Suffolk County courses, like fellow muni Timber Point, will remain open until Sunday, December 27. For more on the courses, check out the West Sayville and Bergen Point flyovers.
With the December weather clinging to autumn with no end in sight, the Brentwood and Holbrook Country Clubs announced they will remain open through Sunday, December 20. The two Town of Islip golf courses typically close during the second weekend of December and reopen in mid-March. For more on Brentwood and Holbrook, click the links
Timber Point Golf Course's 27 holes will close for the 2015 season at the conclusion of play on Sunday, December 27. The historic bayside muni will hibernate for nearly three months before emerging for the 2016 campaign in mid-March, around the time of its annual St. Patrick's Day weekend outing. For more on the Blue,
[UPDATE: Fee increases were approved by the Suffolk County Legislature on December 1.] A round of golf at Suffolk County's four municipal courses might be a bit pricier next season if the county legislature approves a resolution intended to help close a budget gap, the Riverhead News-Review reported last week. Weekend resident green fees at
[Looking for this year's info? Click here to see the 2016 Thanksgiving holiday slate.] For some people, Thanksgiving doesn't begin until the start of the Macy's Parade, while others might not recognize Turkey Day until opening kickoff in Detroit. Meanwhile, for a small portion of frost-resistant Long Island golfers, the holiday begins upon shotgun tee-off