Earlier this summer, on the heels of its "While We're Young" and "Tee It Forward" campaigns, the United States Golf Association introduced "Play 9 Day" to promote all the ways new and experienced players can enjoy the sport in a shorter, more relaxed timeframe. Meanwhile, before the July sun rose over Riverhead on the USGA's […]
Two Town of Huntington golf courses will be closed for one day in September for aeration of their greens. Crab Meadow Golf Course in Northport is scheduled to close for aeration on Thursday, September 11. The following Thursday, September 18, the nine-hole course at Dix Hills Park will be closed. Both courses will reopen the
Cedars Golf Club, a serene, old-fashioned fixture on the North Fork, was in good shape but in need of some essential maintenance when Tim McManus and Paul Pawlowski took over earlier this year. So they dug in and focused on irrigation, bunker renovation and condition of the greens. And they didn't stop there. Long story
Great Rock Golf Club, now finishing its first summer under new ownership, is offering rates as low as $39 for the rest of the season. The $39 green fee is available after 1 p.m. on weekdays and includes cart. Morning golfers pay only $49 on weekdays. Weekend rates start at $69 in the morning and
Spring Lake Golf Club is preparing to host its final children's and senior clinics this week and next as the summer season comes to a close. This Saturday, August 30, Spring Lake will hold one final SNAG clinic (Starting New at Golf) for kid golfers. The clinic will run from 11:00 to 11:45 a.m. and
Bethpage is getting set for late-season aeration, and the Blue Course is the first one of the five scheduled for treatment. Bethpage Blue will be closed for aeration this coming Monday, August 25 and Tuesday, August 26. Following the Blue next month are the Yellow Course (September 16-17) and the Black Course (September 22-23). Later
Pine Hills Country Club has a cure for those who don't have time to get away from the family for a round of 18: Take the family to the golf course. The Manorville course is running a family golf special on weekdays that allows two adults and two kids to make up a twilight foursome
Tallgrass Golf Course in Shoreham will aerate its greens on Monday, August 18 and Tuesday, August 19. Only nine holes will be open for play on those days — the back on Monday, and the front on Tuesday. Players can go around twice for the nine-hole rate. A post-aeration discount will be available for the
The eighth annual Chrissy's Wish Memorial Golf Outing will take place on Friday, August 22 at Rock Hill Golf Club in Manorville. Every year the outing raises money for the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation and its quest for advances and breakthroughs in the research and treatment of mental illnesses. In its seven years, the
Fans of Bethpage State Park and its collection of hilly, strenuous par-4s might recognize the fourth hole at the nearby Town of Oyster Bay Golf Course. It's a Bethpage hole in every way but address, a brutal two-shotter that missed the exit for the Red Course and settled just a few miles north in Woodbury