Flyover: Northport Golf Course at the VA Medical Center

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Just a quick drive from Northport's Main Street and the 18-hole Crab Meadow Golf Course up near the Sound, the Northport Golf Course at the VA Medical Center rolls gently in residential quietude.  Beginners, juniors, seniors and just about anyone looking to escape the daily rigors of Long Island living for even just an hour […]

Greens aeration at Lido, August 17

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The Lido Golf Club will aerate its greens on Wednesday, August 17.  Midday rates will be offered for all rounds from Wednesday through Friday, August 19. For more on the waterside Lido Golf Club in Lido Beach, check out the course flyover.

New York Times profiles Sagaponack’s Poxabogue Golf Center

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Poxabogue Golf Center is in the local papers again, and for once it's not related to its past management and restaurant issues.  The New York Times profiled the nine-hole course — "the people's golf course" of the Hamptons — and the adjoining cafe/gathering spot in its "Neighborhood Joint" series back in late July. The Times

Brentwood, Holbrook extend specials through August

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July golf specials at the Brentwood and Holbrook Country Clubs will stay in effect through August.  Players can still take advantage of rates ranging from $20 to $42, with reservation fee included. You can play and ride at either Town of Islip course for $42 anytime after 11 a.m., or, if you already have a

Closer Look: Stonebridge Golf Links #4

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The fourth hole at Stonebridge Golf Links is the first of the course's very diverse, interesting par-3s.  It's also home to the course's namesake footbridge.  Sure, it's not quite as historic or glamorous as Augusta National's Hogan and Nelson bridges — and you're typically crossing it only if your tee shot settled woefully left or

USSSA Junior Golf Championship Tour to stop at Mill Pond, July 30-31

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The Long Island-based Global Recreation Network and its national association, USSSA, are giving junior golfers from ages 9 to 18 the opportunity to compete locally and on a national stage with their Junior Golf Championship Tour, which comes to Mill Pond Golf Course in Medford this weekend, July 30-31. This two-day, 36-hole event will be

Reader Postcard: Town of Oyster Bay GC

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Tony D. from Valley Stream chimes in with some first impressions of the Town of Oyster Bay Golf Course in Woodbury: "After the first hole, the course becomes really narrow and doesn't let you breathe until the back nine.  #2 is a long, tight par-5 where it's easy to lose a ball in the trees. 

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