Long Island's 2013-14 winter golf season has been a complete bust, so local golfer and Golf On Long Island reader Ryan Stewart has his eye on the spring. Stewart e-mailed us on the heels of last week's snow/slop storm to ask some questions and share some thoughts on the local golf scene. He also credited […]
In the spirit of the Winter Olympics currently underway in Sochi, Bethpage State Park and its famed Black Course have taken home the gold yet again in the annual Long Island Press "Best of LI" poll, with Rock Hill Golf & Country Club and Eisenhower Park occupying familiar spots on the medal stand. Long Island
If you want to play golf in the 2013-14 winter season, it seems you either need a plane ticket or a very vivid imagination for daydreaming. This offseason has been more about polar vortexes than putting practice. In the event there is ever an available day to play golf before the 2014 regular season arrives,
Snowstorms and temperatures flirting with negative numbers froze out the first few weeks of the 2013-14 winter golf season, but it seems there are playable days ahead. Now that the holiday decorations are back in storage, use the free time to get a few swings in. Golf On Long Island loves winter golf and wants
The winter golf season has officially arrived. Fittingly, in a year characterized by bizarre weather and a week that began with cars frozen under blocks of ice, the opening weekend of Long Island winter golf will see temperatures pushing 70 degrees. This is welcome news for Long Island's all-season golfers, who typically keep their putters
With snow on the ground and more in the forecast, Brentwood Country Club and Holbrook Country Club have shut down for the season a few days ahead of schedule. The two Town of Islip golf courses planned to remain open this week until December 15, but instead closed early due to sub-freezing temps and snowy
Early December, whether its unseasonably warm like years past or frigid like this 2013 offseason, is the time some of our preferred golf courses take an extended rest until spring. Bethpage Black and Red have already been closed for several weeks. Others will follow throughout December. On the East End, the Woods Course at Cherry
Calverton Links closed for the season at the end of October, but according to a report by the Riverhead News-Review, this offseason's hiatus could stretch much longer than a typical winter hibernation. The future of the golf course is in doubt, and it appears at least somewhat likely that Calverton Links might be closed for
Thanksgiving 2012 was an uncertain time for the Lido Golf Club and Timber Point Golf Course in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. Thanks to hard work that culminated in remarkable recoveries this season, on Thanksgiving 2013, the focus will simply be on fun holiday golf. Registration is open for the Lido Golf Club's annual Thanksgiving
With its rolling terrain and massive size, the Black Course at Bethpage State Park lends itself to a gorgeous photo, and since the 2002 U.S. Open, dramatic pictures of the glacier bunker, opening tee and sand-heavy finale have been easy to find. Less prevalent are artistic interpretations of the course's beauty, but a local artist