The golf season is accelerating to full speed and the kids are off from school. What better time than now to give your junior golfer a taste of golf basics? Cristy Jurgens, director of golf and teaching pro at the Spring Lake Golf Club in Middle Island, keeps the "fun" in fundamentals with junior "SNAG" […]
Four of the five golf courses at Bethpage State Park are up and running for the 2012 season, and each of them is scheduled for some April turf maintenance. The Blue Course will be aerated today and tomorrow, April 3 and 4. Next up for aeration is the Yellow Course on April 10 and 11,
Timber Point's Blue Course — home of the "Harbor" and "Gibraltar" par-3s — will open for the 2012 season on Saturday, April 7. It will be available only for weekend play until further notice. The bayside Blue Course closed earlier than normal in 2011 after it was smacked hard by Hurricane Irene in late August.
The Town of Southampton is now the sole owner of Sagaponack's Poxabogue Golf Course. Bill Sutton of The East Hampton Press reported Wednesday that Southampton's Town Board unanimously approved the purchase of East Hampton's half-share of the facility, eight years after the two towns jointly purchased the course to prevent private development. East Hampton's $2.2
[This flyover was updated on July 5, 2022.] Dual personalities are not uncommon on Long Island golf courses. Venture deep into eastern Suffolk County and you'll find a handful of courses that change demeanor as suddenly as the Incredible Hulk. In Manorville, the Rock Hill Golf Club opens with a straight, tree-squeezed front nine before
The Crab Meadow Golf Course is once again calling all golfers to hunt for golf balls instead of Easter eggs on Easter Sunday. Crab Meadow will host its annual Easter Sunday shotgun outing on April 8, with opening tee time scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Entry fee is $65 and includes continental breakfast, motor cart, range
Reader Andrew Song, a Golf On Long Island fan since 2009, values his time on the driving range. And if it's a grass range, all the better. A Bayside, Queens resident, Song doesn't mind heading east to Suffolk County if it means a break from New York City and Bethpage crowds, and the chance to
The Championship and Executive courses at Harbor Links in Port Washington will open for the 2012 season this Saturday, March 24. Golfers can begin making tee times for either course, and can also sign up for discount programs for twilight rounds and Executive Course play. See the Harbor Links website for details. Harbor Links is
Bethpage State Park's Yellow, Blue and Green golf courses are open for play and will soon be joined by their nationally renowned neighbors. Bethpage Red will reopen for the 2012 season on Friday, March 30, followed two weeks later by the Black Course on Saturday, April 14. Thanks to this winter's refreshingly mild and golf-friendly
[Looking for information on this year's Tour? See the post on the 2013 USSSA Junior Golf Tour.} Junior golfers from ages 9 to 18 can take their game to Long Island tournaments and possibly the national stage in Orlando as part of the 2012 USSSA Junior Golf Championship Tour, operated locally by the Global Recreation