There's a restaurant once again at Great Rock Golf Club in Wading River. Pure North Fork, a modern bistro with a focus on local food and drinks, opened at the course earlier this month. The new spot officially replaces Blackwells, the Zagat-rated steakhouse that closed early in 2014 when the club and restaurant came under […]
With the fall season upon us, it's time for Long Island golfers to warm up their click fingers and vote online in the 11th annual Long Island Press "Best of LI" poll. Every October the newspaper opens voting on dozens of goods and services around the Island, including local golf courses, stores and driving ranges.
Rock Hill in Manorville isn't the only local golf course celebrating the 2015 season with 50 candles in its 18th green. Northport's Crab Meadow Golf Course turns 50 this season as well, and part of its celebration includes a dress-like-the-'60s scramble later this month. The Town of Huntington course remains a popular destination on Suffolk's
The Black Course at Bethpage State Park will undergo its usual fall maintenance this month, but when it reopens for play after aeration, two of its par-3 greens will be out of the rotation. Following aeration, which will close the Black from October 13 to 16, reconstruction will begin on #3 and #14. To make
[NOTE: The Vineyards Golf Club is a private facility, but it will be featured in this Observations post since it has been allowing public play for much of the 2015 season. Additional course content will be available if the club permanently opens to the public.] Sandwiched between the public Cherry Creek Links and Woods courses
A simple card game between friends a half-century ago spawned a nine-hole golf course with a trailer for a clubhouse at the end of a dirt road in Manorville — a dusty trail that only a handful of golfers bothered to traverse at first. That's the story of Rock Hill Golf & Country Club, which
Cherry Creek's two courses in Riverhead and Pine Ridge Golf Club in Coram are partnering once again this fall season to pitch a "Golf Trifecta" special that offers 54 holes at a steep discount. The Trifecta special includes one round at each course — Cherry Creek's lengthy, driver-friendly Links Course, the tree-lined Woods Course and
The Yellow Course at Bethpage State Park will be closed for aeration on Tuesday, September 22 and Wednesday, September 23. The Blue Course was aerated earlier this month. On Thursday, September 17, all courses will be closed except for Yellow. On Wednesday, September 30, only the Black and Yellow courses will be open for play.
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WFAN radio personality Ann Liguori hosts a weekly "Sports Innerview" radio show on Saturday mornings on WPPB 88.3 Southampton, and her guest this past weekend, August 29, was Golf On Long Island's Phil Carlucci. The two discussed "Images of America: Long Island Golf," which has been in local bookstores and available here at Golf On