The Spring Lake Golf Club in Middle Island is giving fathers and juniors the unique opportunity to practice and play golf together on Father's Day, June 17. Dad and one of the junior golfers in the family are invited to fine-tune their swings at a 45-minute clinic with Spring Lake staff before putting the swing […]
No surprise in Golfweek's annual list of America's Best Municipal Courses. The Black Course at Bethpage State Park is #1 for the fourth year in a row, joined in the top 50 with its two state-park sidekicks — Bethpage Red and Montauk Downs. Bethpage Black is followed in the top muni list by Chambers Bay,
We've been to the tips of the Island for rounds at Island's End and Montauk Downs, but not yet to the island in between, where the nine-hole Shelter Island Country Club serves as a recreational and social center for locals and tourists. Newsday's Mitchell Freedman penned a feature on the course that locals affectionately refer
On a course renowned for its speedy greens, the fastest of the fast surfaces should linger in a golfer's memory, likely associated with a birdie chip gone bad or a par opportunity turned sour. But at the Great Rock Golf Club in Wading River, the most severe green is easy to overlook. It arrives at
There's an easy way to treat Dad to a free round of golf — all you have to do is eat. Reserve a foursome, er, table of four or more for a Father's Day brunch buffet on Sunday, June 17 at the Great Rock Golf Club's Blackwells Restaurant and receive one future round on the
Father's Day is for the formal celebration of Dad — think a hot grill, frozen mugs and a flat-screen tuned to the U.S. Open. For the second straight year, Mill Pond Golf Course is the place for an even more casual celebration, where the golf clubs are in hand, not on TV. And it's a
Special thanks to Sally Gilhooley, Miranda Gatewood and the rest of the staff at Networking’ae magazine, which profiled Golf On Long Island in the golf section of its May 2012 issue. The feature includes a description of our site plus some course photography and a general overview of Long Island's public golf scene. To view
Help support the Riverhead Crew Team and the Land and Sea Sports Club — a non-profit charity organization dedicated to children on the autism spectrum — by participating in the Al Borghard Memorial Golf Outing on Friday, June 1 at the Pine Hills Country Club in Manorville. Registration is $160 per golfer and includes a
The Black Course at Bethpage State Park is closed on Mondays for maintenance, but it will be open for play on Monday, May 28 — Memorial Day. Instead the Black will go dark for maintenance on Tuesday, May 29. Call the park for the latest course information.
**UPDATED FOR 2025** Long Island can be confusing and intimidating for out-of-towners. Of course, the best place to relax and let troubles melt away is on the golf course. The following guide is intended to help visitors on Long Island find their bearings and get to the first tee. Especially during this Ryder Cup season