Archive for June, 2011
The United States Golf Association (USGA) announced Wednesday that Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, site of the second U.S. Open in 1896, will get the event for the fifth time when the 118th edition of the golf calendar’s third major championship is played there. Last time the U.S. Open came to Long Island was at Bethpage […]
Posted: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 12:30 am | Updated: 6:49 am, Tue May 31, 2011. By MICHAEL McGARRY, Press of AC Staff Writer (link to article) GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP, NJ – Jean Bartholomew couldn’t be blamed if she thought that she taught amateur Kelly Shon a little too well on Monday. Bartholomew, a 15-year LPGA veteran, […]
Taylor K. Vecsey | June 2, 2011 (for EastHamptonPatch original article) For the first time in history, East Hampton High School’s boys golf team won the Long Island Championship, beating the two-time defending champion Farmingdale by four shots at the Nassau school’s home course, Bethpage Black, on Wednesday. The Bonackers made up 18 shots on […]