Capping a suspense-free voting period, Bethpage State Park was crowned "Best Golf Course" last month when the Long Island Press announced the results of its annual "Best of LI" poll. The real surprise was over in the less heralded, more practice-oriented "Best Driving Range" category, where the Oakdale Golf Center flew under the radar and […]
Golfing Magazine recently announced its 2011 Long Island Dream Golf Club, this season's collection of the Island's finest 18 holes and top off-course facilities. Public golf holes make up half of this year's 6,954-yard layout, which begins and ends with lake-jumping shots at the public Sandpiper Course at Spring Lake Golf Club and the historic
Just because it's the middle of winter doesn't mean junior golfers can't get a little professional guidance. If the sparsely crowded courses dotting Long Island's winter golf scene are too chilly for you and the kid golfer in your family, take them indoors at the Spring Lake Golf Club. Cristy Jurgens, director of golf and
Golfing Magazine recently announced its 2011 Long Island Dream Golf Club, this season's collection of the Island's finest 18 holes and top off-course facilities. Public golf holes make up half of this year's 6,954-yard layout, which begins and ends with lake-jumping shots at the public Sandpiper Course at Spring Lake Golf Club and the historic
The "Best of LI" hot streak continues at Bethpage, where each of the five courses have a victory medal all their own thanks to readers of the Long Island Press. For the fifth year in a row, Bethpage bagged top honors in the "Best Golf Course" category of the local newspaper's annual "Best of Long
Golfing Magazine recently announced its 2011 Long Island Dream Golf Club, this season's collection of the Island's finest 18 holes and top off-course facilities. Public golf holes make up half of this year's 6,954-yard layout, which begins and ends with lake-jumping shots at the public Sandpiper Course at Spring Lake Golf Club and the historic
A crushed drive soars through the air on Bethpage Black's par-4 fifth — the straightest drive you've struck in weeks — and settles into the first cut off the left side of the diagonal fairway. You get to your ball and find you have no shot at the elevated green. Unless there's an incredible power
What a difference a year makes. At this time in 2011, Long Islanders were reaching for the snow shovel, not the sand wedge. Fast forward to the present and you've got 60-degree weekend afternoons and tee times flying off the board. Take away the bare branches and the early-morning freeze and it's like swinging a
Golfing Magazine recently announced its 2011 Long Island Dream Golf Club, this season's collection of the Island's finest 18 holes and top off-course facilities. Public golf holes make up half of this year's 6,954-yard layout, which begins and ends with lake-jumping shots at the public Sandpiper Course at Spring Lake Golf Club and the historic
"Not many people realize that Tillie did design a driveable par-4 for Bethpage, but not for the Black Course. He put it on the original Blue Course." — Phil Young, golf historian and author When Bethpage Black hosted the U.S. Open in 2002 and 2009, many golfers who hadn't already known of famed course architect