Beat the heat this Wednesday, July 20 with a cold drink or two, and buy those cold drinks with the cool cash you could save at a couple of Long Island's toughest public golf courses. Spring Lake Golf Club in Middle Island is running an 18-hole shotgun special Wednesday at 2 p.m. The $40 rate […]
The Boy Scouts of America's Suffolk County Council will host its 2011 F.D.R. Golf Classic on Tuesday, August 9 at Hamlet Wind Watch Golf & Country Club in Hauppauge. Long Island golfers are invited to participate and help raise money for special-needs Scouting. Entry fee for the event is $225 per player and includes breakfast,
Bethpage Black is in the Sweet 16. The NCAA Tournament references live on thanks to Golf Digest's Fans' Choice field-of-64 competition in which the country's top public courses are pitted against one another and advanced by reader vote. Last week, the famed Black Course clobbered #10-seed The Harvester (Rhodes, IA) by a 134-37 vote to
The Town of Islip's Brentwood and Holbrook Country Clubs are extending some of their June tee-time specials through July. This month, you can still tee off for as little as $24 at either course, fees included. Play for $42 with cart and reservation fees included at either course anytime after 11 a.m., or, if you
The last time we encountered a par-6 hole was in 2008, just south of the state line that separates North Carolina from South Carolina, on the 18th tee of the Farmstead Golf Links. This course — a personal favorite along Myrtle Beach's "Grand Strand," for those who care — hangs its hat on the 767-yard
The first round turned out to be a squeaker. Riding high on the recent announcement that The Barclays will be heading to Bethpage next summer, the Black Course might be primed for a more resounding victory in Round 2 of Golf Digest's Fans' Choice poll. Voting is open at GolfDigest.com for the second-round matchup between
The Barclays golf tournament is coming to Bethpage next August, according to a Newsday report. Newsday's Yancey Roy wrote Tuesday afternoon that the PGA Tour and New York State have come to an agreement that will bring The Barclays to the Black Course at Bethpage State Park in 2012 and 2016. The course hosted the
The last time we encountered a par-6 hole was in 2008, just south of the state line that separates North Carolina from South Carolina, on the 18th tee of the Farmstead Golf Links. This course — a personal favorite along Myrtle Beach’s “Grand Strand,” for those who care — hangs its hat on the 767-yard
After a successful debut outing held last summer, Painting For Cures, an organization that aims to keep young children smiling during extended hospital stays, will hold its second annual charity golf outing on Saturday, August 13 at the Lido Golf Club. The outing is currently open for registration and sponsorship opportunities. All participants will enjoy
Make your driving-range practice sessions a bit more productive this season by stopping over at the Tallgrass Golf Course in Shoreham for an hour or two on summer Sunday afternoons. Tallgrass pro Phil Tita and his staff will hold free player-development clinics every Sunday through August. Each one-hour clinic begins at 12 noon and includes