Some area residents are renting out their houses for as much as $20,000 for the weekend. Or they’re renting driveway parking spaces for several hundred, a thriving market because the official non-VIP parking is a long shuttle bus ride away at a beach and expensive itself.
> Bethpage Black on Long Island, perhaps the most legendary American municipal golf course
Perhaps I'm being Captain Literal, but the Bethpage golf courses, despite their name, are owned by the State of New York, not the hamlet of Bethpage per se. As you mentioned earlier any resident of New York State has priority in getting a tee time and a reduced greens fee, not just Long Islanders.
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Even though I live in New Jersey we are part of the same media universe as Long Island so when the U.S. Open came to BB in 2002 it was a Very Big Deal. Add in the fact that it was won by Tiger who was the only one to break par over 72 holes and beating the charismatic Phil Mickelson by 3, it dominated the sports landscape
Heh, I already commented in the Sports Twitter/X thread!
Some area residents are renting out their houses for as much as $20,000 for the weekend. Or they’re renting driveway parking spaces for several hundred, a thriving market because the official non-VIP parking is a long shuttle bus ride away at a beach and expensive itself.
Those crowd shots are why I laugh at people who call January 6 an "insurrection."
What the Left calls an "insurrection," we call "Sunday at the Ryer Cup." 😆
> Bethpage Black on Long Island, perhaps the most legendary American municipal golf course
Perhaps I'm being Captain Literal, but the Bethpage golf courses, despite their name, are owned by the State of New York, not the hamlet of Bethpage per se. As you mentioned earlier any resident of New York State has priority in getting a tee time and a reduced greens fee, not just Long Islanders.
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Even though I live in New Jersey we are part of the same media universe as Long Island so when the U.S. Open came to BB in 2002 it was a Very Big Deal. Add in the fact that it was won by Tiger who was the only one to break par over 72 holes and beating the charismatic Phil Mickelson by 3, it dominated the sports landscape