In its ongoing effort to draw new players to golf and promote different ways for experienced golfers to enjoy the sport, the United States Golf Association has named next Wednesday, July 23, "Play 9 Day," a celebration of nine-hole rounds and all the little things that make up the game. More of a marketing campaign […]
Calverton Links has a new owner, but its future as a golf course remains uncertain, according to a report published in the Riverhead News-Review last weekend. The 18-hole course in Calverton, which unexpectedly closed last October, was sold to developer Parviz Farahzad and a group called Bashi Calverton Links LLC in May for $3.5 million,
The South Fork is the land of prestigious private golf clubs, but look closely and quickly on a drive through the Hamptons and you'll find an oasis open to all players — the nine-hole Poxabogue Golf Center. This year is Poxabogue's 50th anniversary, which might come as a surprise to visiting golfers who step on
The latest of the "Girls Golf Days" put on by the LPGA Foundation will take place at Spring Lake Golf Club in Middle Island next Thursday, July 17. Spring Lake and golf director Cristy Jurgens will host "These Girls Rock Day," a fun morning and afternoon designed to draw young female golfers and heighten their
The "World's Largest Golf Outing" will tee off at courses across 28 states on Monday, August 11. Now in its fourth year, the annual event is held at Billy Casper Golf properties around the country and raises money for the Wounded Warrior Project. Long Island players can get in on the action at Pine Ridge
Golfweek announced its annual ranking of America's Best Municipal Courses last month and the Black Course at Bethpage State Park found itself in a very familiar place — at the top. Bethpage Black is the top muni in the country for the sixth year in a row according to Golfweek, and as usual, the Black's
The traditional celebrations of the old red, white and blue went by this weekend with barbecues and the beach, pool parties and pyrotechnics. For Long Island golfers, the party continues all summer in honor of the Red, White and Blue ’96 golf courses, that is ’96 at Nassau County’92s Eisenhower Park, most appropriately with launched
Rates are up (or on their way up) at North Woodmere Park Golf Course and its four Nassau County sister courses at Bay Park, Cantiague, Christopher Morley and Eisenhower. At least there are a few nice things to look at. Golf On Long Island reader Tony sent along a photo of North Woodmere's new hole
The arrival of summer signals the departure of local Long Islanders and visiting tourists headed eastbound for weekends of relaxation across the South Fork. Montauk, the last stop on the Route 27 line, has grown from a quiet fishing village to a quaint, family-friendly vacation spot to, more recently, an increasingly hip alternative to the
[UPDATE: Mill Pond made a number of cosmetic and safety modifications around the course in 2014. This hole now features hedges near the tee to discourage attempts at driving the green.] On the heels of our overview of a long par-3 fashioned out of a once-short par-4, we take a detailed look now at a