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 […]
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Golf Galaxy announced in an e-mail this week that its retail store at The Source Mall in Westbury will close for business on Saturday, January 17. The Source location is Golf Galaxy's only Long Island outlet. The store was scheduled to remain open through January, according to the company e-mail, but the closing date was