Central Suffolk County took a beating from last week's snowstorm, but there is one spot where slowly melting Long Island looks just like Pebble Beach. 1st Tee Fitness & Performance in St. James is running specials this month for time in its High Definition Golf simulator, including $10 off a two-hour block and 10 total […]
The annual St. Patrick's Day Golf Classic returns to Mill Pond Golf Course next month, a pre-holiday scramble to cap the week and relax in preparation for Saturday night and Sunday celebrations. The event is scheduled for Friday, March 15, with a 10 a.m. tee time. Foursomes will compete for gold, silver and bronze prizes,
For such a little layout, Poxabogue Golf Course often finds itself in a large municipal mess. It turns out, according to Newsday, that the sale of East Hampton Town's stake in the course to the Town of Southampton — approved last March by the Southampton Town Board — has been held up by a "technical
Spring Lake Golf Club in Middle Island will host a shotgun outing next month to kick off St. Patrick's Day weekend and help usher in the 2013 season. The first annual St. Patrick's Day Scramble will tee off on Spring Lake's Thunderbird Course at 10 a.m. on Friday, March 15. Registration is now open to
The Results Group, the Syracuse-based event and trade-show planner that purchased the rights to the Long Island Golf Show in 2010, will not run a local golf expo in 2013. The group operated the last Long Island Golf Show in March 2011, which included appearances by John Daly and The Golf Channel's Michael Breed. "At
Wading River's Great Rock Golf Club closed late last week for a short mid-winter hibernation. The course will reopen on Friday, March 15, weather permitting. Great Rock's recently remodeled 11th green will make its debut this spring season. Work on the back side of the heavily sloped surface was completed last month by superintendent Dan
Long Island Press readers liked the results of last year's "Best Golf Course" poll so much that they kept the winner and runners-up exactly the same in 2013. This week the local newspaper announced the results of the sports and activities categories in its annual "Best of Long Island" survey, and Bethpage State Park finished
Bethpage Black found itself in a familiar place when Golf Digest's February issue hit the magazine racks recently — listed among some of the best golf courses in the country, both public and private. Golf Digest published its list of America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses this month, with the Black Course once again in the
Lido Golf Club, which sustained some of the most severe damage among Long Island golf courses during Hurricane Sandy last October, will reopen for play on March 1, 2013. The course and clubhouse were flooded during the storm, and early indications were that the Lido Beach course might not fully recover until later in the
Paychecks are a little lighter so far in 2013. All the more reason to check out Golfing Magazine's Free Golf Program, even if it is still only January. The mag's annual Early Bird Special is available now through April, and enrolls subscribers in the program for $39 — a $10 discount off the regular rate.