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Ominous forecast for Tallgrass Golf Course as solar-energy push continues

August 3, 2015

[UPDATE, May 19: Tallgrass will remain open through the summer of 2016, according to Newsday's Mark Herrmann.] SEE LATEST POSTS:Supporters, opponents of Tallgrass solar development state their case to Brookhaven Planning Board (1/26/2016)Tallgrass offering 2016 tee-time memberships as threat of solar development lingers (12/18/2015)Talks concerning solar-farm future at Tallgrass continue (9/8/2015) With an out-of-state energy […]

GOLI’s Images of America: Long Island Golf book featured by Newsday in weekly golf column

In the News

July 30, 2015

Newsday sports columnist and longtime golf writer Mark Herrmann highlighted Images of America: Long Island Golf by Golf On Long Island's Phil Carlucci today in his weekly golf column. In his piece, Herrmann describes the work that went into the project and details some of the notable photos that stand out among the hundreds that

Massapequa High Schools Hall of Fame Golf Outing, August 3 at Oyster Bay

18-hole, Nassau Courses, North Shore/Central

July 28, 2015

The Town of Oyster Bay Golf Course in Woodbury will host the 20th annual Massapequa High Schools Hall of Fame/Herbert J. Pluschau Memorial Golf Outing on Monday, August 3. The outing also includes an induction dinner and ceremony celebrating alumni from Massapequa and Berner High Schools. Proceeds from the event help support the Hall of Fame

USGA’s second annual “Play 9 Day” coming up on July 29

9-hole, 9-hole, For Beginners, In the News, Nassau Courses, Suffolk Courses

July 21, 2015

The United States Golf Association wants all experienced, new and prospective golfers to understand the ease and benefits of nine-hole rounds, so follow along on Wednesday, July 29 and tee it up on a short course nearby. That day marks the USGA's second annual "Play 9 Day," a celebration of nine-hole rounds and all the

Coming up the 18th, one golfer reflects on Long Island’s best closing holes

18-hole, 18-hole, Bethpage, Nassau Courses, North Shore/Central, Suffolk Courses

July 15, 2015

by Rob Dimino Earlier this summer, all that stood between me and a sub-80 round was the 18th hole at Stonebridge, a long dogleg right that plays about 430 from the tips. It's not the most challenging hole on the course, but it's a straightforward test after a fun-house round filled with double-tiered and humpback

Course designer William Mitchell was Long Island golf’s “public defender”

18-hole, 9-hole, Suffolk Courses, Voices of Long Island Golf

July 9, 2015

The list of golf-course designers who have left their mark on the Long Island landscape over the past century includes some of the most famous architects in the sport’92s history ’96 C.B. Macdonald, A.W. Tillinghast, Devereux Emmet, Robert Trent Jones and his son, Rees, to name only a few. Long Island golfers ’96 especially public

Bethpage Black closed July 13-17 for New York State Open

18-hole, Bethpage, Course Promos and Updates, Nassau Courses, North Shore/Central

July 3, 2015

The Black Course at Bethpage State Park will be closed sporadically through the month of July for scheduled maintenance and the annual New York State Open. Dark dates for the New York State Open will be Monday, July 13 through Friday, July 17. The Black Course will also be closed every Monday for maintenance (except

New Parbuddy golf rewards app makes its debut on Long Island at Wind Watch and Willow Creek

18-hole, In the News, Suffolk Courses, Voices of Long Island Golf

June 25, 2015

Parbuddy, a new mobile rewards app that allows golfers to earn free gear and green fees, launched on Long Island earlier this month in partnership with two facilities in the ClubCorp family of courses — Wind Watch Golf & Country Club in Hauppauge and Willow Creek Golf & Country Club in Mount Sinai. The Parbuddy

Pine Ridge set to host local leg of “World’s Largest Golf Outing” on August 3

18-hole, Suffolk Courses

June 24, 2015

The fifth edition of the "World's Largest Golf Outing" will tee off at more than 100 courses from New York to Hawaii on Monday, August 3, and registration is open for participation in the local leg at Coram's Pine Ridge Golf Club. The annual event is held at Billy Casper Golf properties around the country

Father’s Day family deal at Spring Lake

9-hole, Course Promos and Updates, For Beginners, Suffolk Courses

June 16, 2015

Spring Lake Golf Club wants you to play golf on Father's Day, but also wants you to spend time with the family. So the Middle Island course is looking to make it all come together with a family-foursome special valid Sunday afternoon, and it will get you home in time for the late stages of