Hickory Golf comes to LI – Long Island Hickory Open

Hickory shafted golf clubs? Knickers? Argyle as far as the eye can see? No, these golfers are not extras on some movie set. They are proud ‘Hickory Golfers’; players who forgo modern golf equipment for throwback gear. I caught up with Brian Schuman, tournament director for the upcoming Long Island Hickory Open, to get the [...]

West Babylon Community Declares Golf Club A Hazard

Some fantastic reporting from Fios1News on errant golf balls from Bergen Point in West Babylon. Theresa Puglia, local resident offers, her assessment (1:38), “A few years back, I…ah… got hit in the arm by golf ball. I had to wear a sling for a couple of weeks. Bone was badly brused and contused.”

Even Without a Course of Its Own, St. John’s Produced a Champion

By Ken Belson (NYTimes link) St. John’s is perhaps best known for its basketball program, but it has a pretty good golf team, too — one that produced Keegan Bradley, the surprise winner of the P.G.A. Championship on Sunday. St. John’s might seem like an unlikely cradle of golf champions. Sandwiched between the Grand Central [...]

A Haven for Golf, or Fried Eggs – Pox Golf Course

Ty Webb, 30, teed off at the Poxabogue Golf Center in Sagaponack, on Long Island.By ROBIN FINN (From July 28, 2011 NYT) THE beige bunker that houses the Poxabogue Golf Center and its fragrant Fairway Restaurant sits unpretentiously on the shoulder of Montauk Highway in billionaire-studded Sagaponack, as if protected by squatters’ rights. The driving [...]

Lawrence Approves Deep Cuts to Golf Club Fees

By Stephen J Bronner Reprinted from fivetowns.patch.com The Lawrence Board of Trustees voted to lower rates at the village-owned country club by a significant amount on Wednesday, as the club’s general manager said he wanted to deliver a “knockout punch” to other clubs in the area. “This could be the swan song for other clubs [...]

Barclay’s comes to Black – 2012 & 2016

The PGA Tour announced a few weeks back that the first stop of the FedExCup Playoffs, the Barclays, will come to Long Island’s famed Bethpage Black. Barclays Bank agreed to sponsor the tournament through 2016. Generally played at the end of August or early September, the Barclays will come to Bethpage in 2012 and 2016. [...]

Smithtown Landing Golf Course Review

Landing Golf Course, tucked away in a residential neighborhood on the banks of the Nissequogue River, is a hidden gem on the North Shore in Smithtown. It was originally constructed in the 1960s with the intention of creating a widely accessible course with the amenities of a private country club: now, this public course is [...]

Shinnecock Hills to host the 2018 U.S. Open

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 [...]

ShopRite LPGA Classic qualifier: Teacher beats student in 5 extra holes for final spot in field

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, [...]

Bonackers Take First Long Island Golf Championship

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 [...]

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