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$39 Early Bird discount available for Golfing Magazine’s 2014 Free Golf Program

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March 12, 2014

Golfing Magazine's annual Free Golf Program is back in 2014, and so is its Early Bird Special, which gives local golfers a discount on already-discounted rates at top courses across the Island. For $39 now through the end of April, the Hicksville-based magazine's Free Golf Program includes a one-year subscription plus a certificate that entitles […]

Tentative April reopening dates set for Bethpage Black, Red

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March 9, 2014

Despite the poor winter weather, the Black and Red courses at Bethpage State Park are slated to reopen on their typical April schedule. Bethpage Black will open for the 2014 season on April 12, according to a park announcement. The Red Course will open April 1. Bethpage's other three courses — two of which, the

St. Patrick’s Day shotgun at Cherry Creek’s Links Course

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March 8, 2014

The Links Course at Cherry Creek is open for play and currently preparing for a St. Patrick's Day shotgun outing that includes Irish eats and on-course contests. Tee time for the event is 9:00 a.m. on Monday, March 17. Entry fee is $69, which includes food, drinks and motor cart. Check-in and breakfast begin at

Timber Point to host annual St. Patrick’s scramble and dinner on March 16

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March 7, 2014

Timber Point Golf Course will open for play on Friday, March 14, but it will kick off the new season in festive style a few days later with a St. Patrick's Weekend scramble and dinner gathering on Sunday, March 16. As usual, Timber Point's annual holiday outing — a nine-hole, four-person scramble — will include

2014 public golf course reopenings on Long Island

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March 5, 2014

There is light at the end of this long, cold tunnel — the spring golf season is about to start on Long Island. Opening Day for some of Long Island's seasonal golf courses is only a week away. Spring will be greeted with a hero's welcome following an offseason that began with an ominous forecast

No fee increases this season at Town of Oyster Bay Golf Course

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March 2, 2014

If the weather cooperates, the Town of Oyster Bay Golf Course in Woodbury will open for the 2014 season on Tuesday, March 18. Oyster Bay councilman Anthony Macagnone announced in a town press release that there will be no fee increases at the course for the 2014 season. This includes annual membership fees, daily green

Great Rock Golf Club has closed

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February 28, 2014

Stunning development out of Wading River. Great Rock Golf Club, the popular semi-private course known for its lightning-fast greens, will not open this March. Great Rock and its on-site restaurant, Blackwells, are out of business. The fate of the golf course is uncertain. [UPDATE: Great Rock Golf Club reopened in June 2014 under new ownership.]

Brentwood, Holbrook scheduled for March 14 reopenings

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February 27, 2014

The Town of Islip courses at Brentwood Country Club and Holbrook Country Club are tentatively slated to open for the 2014 season on Friday, March 14. Lingering winter weather could delay the start of the season, however, the way early-arriving winter weather ended the 2013 season a few days ahead of schedule. For more on

Pre-holiday St. Patrick’s Day scramble at Mill Pond

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February 26, 2014

[UPDATE: The date of this event has been changed to Friday, March 28.] The winter golf season is winding down on Long Island, not because the weather is any warmer, but because the annual St. Patrick's Day golf outings are looming. Mill Pond Golf Course in Medford will get a headstart on both St. Patrick's

Bethpage Black cracks top 40 in Golf Digest’s world course rankings

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February 18, 2014

The Black Course at Bethpage State Park doesn't get any action during the winter season, but it does get plenty of accolades. Around the same time that the Long Island Press announced Bethpage as the "Best Golf Course" survey winner for the seventh straight year, Golf Digest put out another of its offseason course rankings,