No further confirmation was really needed — the abrupt closing last fall, the disconnected phone line, frozen-in-time social media and lack of a 2020 playing season were all dead giveaways regarding the fate of the Great Rock Golf Club. And without an official notice or a brief snippet in the newspaper, it seems a three-word […]
Corned beef, cabbage, beer, birdie putts — they all come together on or around St. Patrick's Day each year at a couple of Long Island golf courses that celebrate the holiday with chilly, Irish-themed outings. One of them is Mill Pond Golf Course in Medford, which will hold this year's outing on St. Pattie's Day
The Links Course at Cherry Creek in Riverhead will hold its annual holiday outing on Thanksgiving morning, November 28. Shotgun tee time is 8:00 a.m. The outing includes cart, range balls and a hot breakfast before play. Entry fee is $55 with potential prizes for raffles and contests. Visit the pro shop to register or
After last year's event was canceled due to inclement weather, Mill Pond Golf Course in Medford is prepping once again for its 13th annual Turkey Shootout on Thanksgiving Day, November 28. Tee time is set for a bright and early 8:00 a.m. The often sold-out Thanksgiving tradition is a four-person team scramble this year, with
Mill Pond Golf Course's annual "Comeback Coupon" will be available again this Veterans Day, and the Town of Islip is thanking veterans with steep discounts at its two 18-hole golf courses. On Monday, November 11, any golfer who pays for a round at Mill Pond in Medford will receive a "Comeback Coupon" good for a
The "World's Largest Golf Outing", a nationwide golf event to raise money for military charities, will tee off locally on Monday, August 5 at Pine Ridge Golf Club in Coram as well as more than 100 courses around the country. Now in its ninth year, the annual tournament is held at Billy Casper Golf properties
Long Island Teen Challenge, an organization dedicated to helping people overcome drug and alcohol addictions, will hold its first annual Teen Challenge Golf Tournament on Saturday, May 4 at Pine Ridge Golf Club in Coram. The $125 entry fee covers 18 holes on Pine Ridge's tree-lined course in addition to lunch and dinner. Check-in begins
Only a handful of golfers, outside the most frost-hardy Long Island players, associate Thanksgiving — the holiday of turkey and football — with November golf — the sport of turtlenecks and foot-warmers. However, golf comes with all the trimmings on Thanksgiving — tournaments, prizes, open bars and sometimes an actual turkey. It's the last call
The last round of tournaments and holiday outings for the 2018 season will tee off this month as Long Island courses prepare for winter. Out in Greenport, Island's End Golf & Country Club will host its annual fall scramble on Sunday, November 11. The tournament includes breakfast, buffet lunch and an hour of open bar
[NOTE: Due to recent rain, Timber Point has rescheduled aeration from September to October. The following is an updated version of the original post.] Timber Point Golf Course will aerate greens on its White, Red and Blue nines — in that order — from Tuesday, October 16 to Thursday, October 18. The White Course will