The Blue Course at Sunken Meadow State Park is the facility's shortest nine-hole layout, but thanks to doglegs that range in severity from softly bending to boomerang-curved, it is by no means the simplest. Throw in the fact that the Blue Course weaves entirely through thickly tree-lined corridors, and suddenly you have a bit of […]
Rock Hill Golf & Country Club in Manorville will once again host the annual Chrissy's Wish Golf Outing to benefit the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation. Now in its sixth year, the outing raises funds for research and treatment of various mental disorders. This year's event is scheduled for Friday, July 13. The event begins
Ten years after the first U.S. Open on the Black Course and one mere turn of the century since major renovations initially began at the park, the golf courses at Bethpage State Park finally have a website that at least makes an attempt to flaunt their goods. Better late than never. The Bethpage Pro Shop
There's never a bad time to barbecue, especially not on the longest day of the year. Or even the second longest day of the year. The same goes for golf. So put the two outdoor pastimes together next Wednesday, June 20, when the Tallgrass Golf Course hosts an "Almost the Longest Day of the Year"
Cherry Creek's annual Scleroderma Charity Golf Outing will tee off two weeks from today on Wednesday, June 27 at 8:00 a.m. on the facility's Links Course. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Scleroderma Foundation and Scleroderma Research Foundation to help find a cure a little-known but debilitating skin disease. The scramble tournament will begin
The annual Association for Facilities Engineering Chapter 4 Golf Outing will tee off on Thursday, June 21 at the Timber Point Golf Course in Great River. Current director and former chapter president Joseph LaRocco is the honoree for the 2012 event for his work as founder of The AFE Relief Fund and other charities and
The summer begins a few weeks early at the Town of Islip's Brentwood and Holbrook Country Clubs, where area golfers can save a few bucks with a summer special valid through June and July. Like last year, players can tee off for as little as $24 at either course, all fees included. Just print a
Wind Watch Golf & Country Club in Hauppauge will host Winthrop University Hospital's eighth annual Cancer Center for Kids Golf Outing on Monday, June 18. Past outings have raised nearly $50,000 for vital pediatric cancer services at the Mineola hospital. Foursomes and individual players can register online at the Winthrop University Hospital website. Entry fee
News out of Shoreham: There's a new course superintendent at Tallgrass. Management at the links-style Gil Hanse design announced recently that Jonathan Semmig is the course's new super after four years as the assistant superintendent at the Atlantic Golf Club in Bridgehampton. Semmig also worked previously at the Garden City Golf Club and Colonial Springs
The Lee & Aidan McMahon Foundation will hold its 13th annual McMahon Family Golf Outing and Auction on Saturday, June 16 at the Middle Island Country Club. Proceeds from the outing will benefit the Hospice Care Network, Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation and American Liver Foundation. Shotgun start is scheduled for 12:30 p.m., but the festivities