Want to win a dozen Golf On Long Island golf balls? Just answer a quick question on your local public golf courses and help us put together our "Nassau 18."
Like most sports fans, we here at Golf On Long Island love a good list. And to help us get through the final weeks of winter and the first few chilly weeks of spring, we are preparing our "Nassau 18", a collection of the county's best public golf holes, by hole number -- much like Golfing Magazine's annual Dream Golf Club.
The list will be published on Wednesday, April 6 -- the day before the Masters gets underway. Until then, Golf On Long Island will ask for your opinion each week on Nassau's best golf holes. All you have to do is leave an answer and you're automatically eligible to win a dozen Callaway Warbirds emblazoned with the GOLI logo.
Answer in the comments section below (click on the post title if you don't see the comment field) or visit the GOLI Facebook page by clicking on the link in the right sidebar to leave your answer on the wall. Two winners will be selected randomly from the pool of participants and contacted by e-mail or through Facebook later this month. The most common answers will be selected for the Nassau 18.
This week's question:
What is Nassau's best public par-3? (Click here for a list of courses by county.)
# 7 at Bethpage Blue is a great par 3. It is about 175 yards from the Middle tees, and requires about 160 yards of carry over a ravine. Major trouble looms on any miss to the right.
Posted by: Matt | March 09, 2011 at 09:55 AM
Bethpage Green #15.
Posted by: Chad Wyman | March 09, 2011 at 10:44 AM
Bethpage Red Course hole #4
Posted by: AD | March 09, 2011 at 04:54 PM
This may be unexpected since it usually plays at 125 yards downhill and is at a course with more difficult and interesting par 3s but my vote is for #12 at the Town of Oyster Bay golf course...Being adjacent to the catering hall it's very nicely landscaped and the teebox has a cool feel to it... Almost like a municipal version of Augusta... Had a fun experience there during a Saturday afternoon twilight round.... A wedding cocktail hour was taking place on the patio right behind the tee box and they watched our foursome and booed unmercifully as the first three of us missed the green...I stepped up to the tee and found the green... This could have been a crappy golfers shining moment... But it was still not close enough and they booed me even louder. All in all a beautiful and fun hole.
Posted by: Chris | March 09, 2011 at 09:58 PM
Chris...#12 at Oyster Bay is definitely one of the most unique par-3s on the Island. I always thought it would be cool to play while there's an event on the terrace. (Or be at an event on the terrace watching people play the hole.) Sounds like it was fun.
Posted by: Phil Carlucci | March 10, 2011 at 09:35 AM
Bethpage Black #17
Posted by: Steve | March 11, 2011 at 10:15 AM
#8 at Hamlet Wind Watch, I think the options of going over the water or playing it safe. For once, I went the hard way and didn't find the drink.
Posted by: Corey Weisz | March 16, 2011 at 11:54 PM