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Golfing Magazine’s 2015 Free Golf Program open for Early Bird registration

18-hole, 18-hole, 9-hole, 9-hole, Course Promos and Updates, For Beginners, Nassau Courses, North Shore/Central, South Shore, Suffolk Courses

March 20, 2015

Nothing beats a discount on top of other discounts, especially when it comes to green fees, and Golfing Magazine once again is looking to help local golfers play more this season for less money. Early Bird registration is open for Golfing Magazine's annual Free Golf Program, a subscription-based special that offers heavily reduced rates at […]

Bethpage, Tallgrass, Montauk Downs featured again in Golfweek’s Best Courses ranking

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

March 12, 2015

There is a new face in the 2015 edition of Golfweek's Best Courses You Can Play list, but as far as Long Island golf courses go, all the regulars are back for another year. For the sixth straight season, Bethpage Black, Bethpage Red, Tallgrass and Montauk Downs are the Island's representatives in the annual ranking

NYC Golf News: Ferry Point releases rates, will cost Long Island golfers $200+ to play

Course Promos and Updates, In the News

March 5, 2015

Anticipation is high for New York's newest golf course, Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point, which is preparing to make its official debut next month at the foot of the Whitestone Bridge in the Bronx. The New York City municipal course has been in the works for years, its slow, decades-long evolution from landfill to

2015 public golf course reopenings on Long Island

18-hole, 18-hole, 9-hole, 9-hole, Bethpage, Course Promos and Updates, For Beginners, Nassau Courses, North Shore/Central, South Shore, Suffolk Courses

March 1, 2015

It doesn't matter if it's cold, snowy, icy, rainy or simply white-out blizzardy — when the calendar flips to March, golf season is imminent. That's good news for Long Islanders, since 2015 so far has been all of the above. The golf scene is relatively quiet compared to last offseason, a stretch marked by surprise

Spring Lake Golf Club to host St. Patrick’s Day-themed outing on March 16

18-hole, 9-hole, Course Promos and Updates, Suffolk Courses

February 28, 2015

It might not feel this way, but there are signs of spring on the golf front. Just beyond the rock-hard snow piles and frozen (and re-frozen) doorsteps are scheduled golf outings, the first of the 2015 season. Though cold-weather golf is not for everyone, it's a signal that we're almost out of another golf-free offseason

GOLI’s Long Island Golf photo-history book scheduled for June 1 release

Bethpage, For Beginners, In the News, Nassau Courses, Suffolk Courses, Voices of Long Island Golf

February 19, 2015

Keep an eye out later this spring — Golf On Long Island is hitting the bookshelves. Images of America: Long Island Golf by Golf On Long Island's Phil Carlucci will be available at area bookstores on June 1, right in the heart of peak golf season. The book contains more than 200 photos of public

The Barclays tournament will return to Bethpage Black in 2021 and 2027

18-hole, Bethpage, In the News, Nassau Courses, North Shore/Central

February 8, 2015

Bethpage State Park's schedule of high-level professional golf tournaments continues to grow after an announcement last week that the Black Course will be part of The Barclays rotation far into the next decade. New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday that the Black Course will host The Barclays in 2021 and 2027, bringing the

Public hearing scheduled for indoor golf facility in Hauppauge

In the News, Indoor Golf, Off-Course Destinations

February 3, 2015

A blizzard and a follow-up ice storm have set real golf on the back burner for a while, but at least there is some action on the indoor-golf front. Newsday reported last weekend that a February 26 public hearing has been scheduled by the Town of Smithtown to address an application by a local company

New Crab Meadow golf operator details course and clubhouse improvement plans

18-hole, 9-hole, For Beginners, In the News, Suffolk Courses, Voices of Long Island Golf

January 25, 2015

The Florida-based company that is now operating both the Crab Meadow and Dix Hills Park golf courses will improve the practice facilities, modernize dining options and make changes to course maintenance procedures, according to company e-mails sent to local golfers this month. Integrity Golf Company, which won a bid in November to operate the two

Indian Island Country Club to begin irrigating with treated wastewater in 2016

18-hole, In the News, Suffolk Courses

January 15, 2015

In an effort to protect the Peconic River from nitrogen pollution and conserve water, Suffolk County will begin a new program in 2016 that will divert 350,000 gallons of treated wastewater per day into the irrigation system of the Indian Island Country Club golf course, Newsday reported last week. The program at the Riverhead course