Until the first substantial snowfall of the offseason, fairways and greens around Long Island typically remain in very good condition even as the players driving over and stomping on top of them add layers of apparel to block the chill. Plenty of layers were shed on Friday at the Middle Island Country Club during a […]
Registration is open for the Lido Golf Club's annual Thanksgiving Turkey Trot, which tees off shotgun style this Thursday, November 24 at 8:00 a.m. The $75 entry fee includes cart, range balls, breakfast and a Lido GC winter hat by Under Armour. There will also be competitions on the course for longest drive, most accurate
The Timber Point Golf Course in Great River will host an abbreviated holiday scramble on Thanksgiving morning, November 24, complete with food, drinks, prizes and bonuses for all turkeys (no, not the ones you douse with gravy). Timber Point's Thanksgiving outing — a nine-hole, four-person scramble — will begin with a 9 a.m. shotgun start.
Seems like only yesterday we were at the Crab Meadow Golf Course for its Trick or Treat Scramble on a pleasant Halloween Monday. Of course, at Crab Meadow, almost every major holiday doubles as a great day for a scramble (see Easter, St. Patrick's Day and others). The course's annual Thanksgiving Turkey Shoot is only
During our first visit to the Holbrook Country Club a few years ago, a crow — either hungry or simply mischievous — took advantage of our concentration on the putting green and helped itself without any hesitation to some of Rob's unguarded breakfast. It then joined its friends up in the trees for a hearty
Start Thanksgiving at the crack of dawn in Middle Island at Spring Lake Golf Club's holiday shotgun outing, set to begin promptly at 8:00 a.m. on Thursday, November 24. Arrive early for continental breakfast, then compete against fellow holiday golfers for first-, second- and even last-place prizes. The outing will follow best-ball format. Entry fee
Long Island golfers have a lot to be thankful for, including a 65-degree Election Day and seasonal green fee specials. Plenty of players across the Island are also thankful for the local courses that put on early-morning Turkey Day golf outings. Mill Pond Golf Course in Medford is one of them. On Thanksgiving, Mill Pond
Two weeks remain in the 2011 playing season at Bethpage State Park's Black Course. The Black will close for the season on Tuesday, November 15. Despite the early taste of winter here in the Northeast this past weekend, prime golfing conditions still await the cool-weather golfer at Bethpage and across Long Island. The Black Course
It's Halloween and we've already been through one snow–, err, slushstorm. Perhaps last winter is eager to pick up where it left off. No matter the meteorological outlook, one thing that can't be denied is the availability of favorable Fall season golf specials around Long Island. Here is a sampling: Great Rock: $49 weekdays, $39
The gated entrance to the former Links at Shirley sits largely ignored along William Floyd Parkway, some of its letters missing as it protects overgrown corridors of once-pristine golf holes. Soon, the site will be split up between single-family homes, 55-and-over townhouses and open space. According to Newsday, as part of a deal between the