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
What's scarier — Halloween ghosts and goblins, or a bogey on a par-5 in a team scramble? Thanks to the Crab Meadow Golf Course, you and your playing partners can settle that debate between yourselves while putting to save par at the course's holiday Trick Or Treat Outing next Monday, October 31. The Halloween scramble
The way Golfing Magazine sees it, it's never too early to start planning next season's tee times. If you're a golfer who shares that opinion, then get on board Golfing Magazine's 2012 Free Golf Program by signing up for the mag's Early Bird Special. For $39 you get a certificate good for "free" rounds at
The Hamptons-area Poxabogue Golf Course will soon be owned entirely by the Town of Southampton, according to reports in Newsday and The East Hampton Press earlier this week. East Hampton's Town Board voted last week to sell off its portion of the jointly owned golf facility in order to pay off debt from its original
The Brentwood and Holbrook Country Clubs are making it easier to save on green fees this Fall, especially if you're up for scheduling a return visit. October and November specials this season include a 36-hole rate as low as $50 with cart and reservation. Players looking to cash in on the two-round deal can make
Hurricane Irene blew through Long Island more than a month ago but area golfers are still feeling its effects. The historic and wildly popular Blue Course at Timber Point closed for the season earlier this week to begin repairing some of the damage inflicted by the August storm. Laid out along Great South Bay, the
[This flyover was updated on June 26, 2025.] A turn south from the Long Island Expressway at exit 69 is a short-lived escape from suburbia. Farms and vegetable stands, maybe a fresh pie. Cruise past open fields and, about a mile ahead, a laid-back golf course awaits. It's a big golf course with a small-town
Head to the Great Rock Golf Club in Wading River next week to "take a swing in the fight against breast cancer" as part of the fifth annual Pink Rock Classic. The event will take place on Thursday, October 6. All proceeds from the tournament will benefit the Fund For Uninsured Women at the Fortunato