Last Chance Animal Rescue will hold its ninth annual golf outing on Monday, July 31 at Stonebridge Golf Links in Smithtown. All proceeds from the event benefit the non-profit organization's efforts to rescue animals from inhumane kill shelters and relocate them to safe facilities and foster homes. This year's main attraction is former New York […]
Add Stonebridge Golf Links to the list of Long Island golf courses taking extra non-contact precautions to keep players safe on and around the course. According to head pro Iain Wilson, the course is implementing the following changes: Golf carts are being disinfected before a round and after Cups have been raised so no flag
Fee increases proposed by new Nassau County Executive Laura Curran would impact golfers renting golf carts and buying range tokens at the county's municipal courses, according to Newsday's analysis of the administration's latest budget proposal. Curran, citing the need to address Nassau's dire fiscal situation, plans to increase both cart rentals and buckets of range
Street names can give clues about a community's past. That's especially true with golf courses. When Long Island streets are tagged with golf-related terms, it often means that buried beneath sidewalks and front lawns are the remains of a long-forgotten (or fondly remembered) course. This series of posts will look back at courses that have
Golf is as much a Thanksgiving tradition for some cold-hardened Long Island golfers as turkey and stuffing. So they don't mind missing the Thanksgiving Day parade as long as they can be out on a local fairway buzzing 3-irons through chilly wind gusts. And waiting out a brief frost delay is no big deal —
Help support Kids Need More and its Camp Adventure — a Long Island camp for children with cancer — by participating in the Robert "Appo" Lodato Memorial Golf Outing on Thursday, August 13 at the Rock Hill Golf & Country Club in Manorville. Registration is $200 per golfer. Included with the entry fee are beverages
Newsday sports columnist and longtime golf writer Mark Herrmann highlighted Images of America: Long Island Golf by Golf On Long Island's Phil Carlucci today in his weekly golf column. In his piece, Herrmann describes the work that went into the project and details some of the notable photos that stand out among the hundreds that
by Rob Dimino Earlier this summer, all that stood between me and a sub-80 round was the 18th hole at Stonebridge, a long dogleg right that plays about 430 from the tips. It's not the most challenging hole on the course, but it's a straightforward test after a fun-house round filled with double-tiered and humpback
Friday evenings can go from designated movie night to golf night this summer, with help from Middle Island's Spring Lake Golf Club. The 27-hole facility will host a Couples League this June and July, with rounds taking place on the Sandpiper Course at 5:00 p.m. on Fridays beginning June 13. For a $70 league fee,
Stonebridge Golf Links in Smithtown might have a bigger clubhouse in the near future if an expansion proposed by the club's catering company, Carlyle Stonebridge, is approved next month by the town. Newsday reported earlier this week that Carlyle, which also operates Carlyle on the Green at Bethpage State Park and several other Long Island