There’s an old saying in golf: Don’t show up with U.S. Open pars when you’re invited to a Bethpage birdie party. Of course, this is the first birdie fest Bethpage Black has ever hosted. The saying is only two days old, but it still counts. Team Europe read the invitation sent out by the PGA […]
Opening weekend at Bethpage Black is wet and wintry, with first tee-time temps barely breaking 40 degrees, but still, the course’s Ryder Cup season is officially underway. The Black Course’s 2025 golf year will certainly be unique. Along with the Green and Yellow courses, the Black will close in mid-August and reopen after the Ryder
With signs that Great Rock Golf Club in Wading River might be returning to Long Island's public golf roster, it's worth taking a look back at other lost courses in the area. Back when Golf On Long Island began covering the region's public golf scene in 2008, the list of local courses was a little
"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
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
[NOTE: Dix Hills Golf Club has closed. See more about the course in this Street Names post.] The shaded cabin at the Dix Hills Golf Club, with its weathered, throwback signage and gravel driveway, is a pleasant place to start a round of golf. What hides behind it — literally — is far from pleasant,
[This flyover was updated on March 30, 2018.] SEE ALSO:After 50 years, Rock Hill remains a fixture on the Long Island golf landscape (9/18/2015) Once you make your way out into the high-60s of the Long Island Expressway — too far east even for the HOV lane — you can take your pick of courses