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
Golf On Long Island has launched an interactive map of Nassau and Suffolk's public golf courses. The map allows users to pan and zoom across Long Island and explore the dozens of public courses available for play. Roll over the flag icons for details about each course, as well as images and links to the
The 2012 golf season has begun at Tallgrass Golf Course. The Shoreham course opened for play today, one week after Golfweek ranked it ninth in its annual list of Best Courses You Can Play in New York. The Gil Hanse design is a wind-swept, links-style layout that requires some creativity with the entire bag. Once
Nassau County's nine-hole municipal golf courses at Bay Park in East Rockaway and Christopher Morley Park in Roslyn are now open for the 2012 season. The two courses closed for the winter while their sister courses at North Woodmere Park and Cantiague Park played through the offseason. Bay Park is a flat, wide-open nine that's
Today is opening day at the Brentwood Country Club and Holbrook Country Club. As usual, the Town of Islip sister courses are welcoming golfers back with a seasonal special. See their coupon page for details. For more on the two clubs, check out the Brentwood CC and Holbrook CC flyovers.
The Red Course at Eisenhower Park will open for the 2012 season this Friday, March 16. If the 70-degree weather lures you to the park before then, you can play the Blue and White courses. Both have been open all winter. The historic Devereux Emmet design in East Meadow is the star attraction at Eisenhower
Back in 2010, Tallgrass Golf Course joined Bethpage Black, Bethpage Red and Montauk Downs among Golfweek's Best Courses You Can Play, the magazine's annual ranking of each state's top public-access courses. The foursome hasn't broken apart since. Golfweek released its 2012 list of the Best Courses You Can Play last week, and for the third