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That makes perfect sense and never crossed my mind. Thanks! |
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Yeah but with digital cameras many have no click or sound at all. I think that some time soon this practice should be revisited and if you can demonstrate a silent operation camera it should be allowed. |
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I have...and love the course. Also played the Red and Green courses. Black is by far the most challenging. The couse is literally 60 seconds from my house. Traffic this morning going to work sucked but I can deal for one week. |
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| said by JoeBubba  :I have...and love the course. Also played the Red and Green courses. Black is by far the most challenging. The couse is literally 60 seconds from my house. Traffic this morning going to work sucked but I can deal for one week. Did you have to campout overnight to get a tee time? |
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said by Flippant :Yeah but with digital cameras many have no click or sound at all. I think that some time soon this practice should be revisited and if you can demonstrate a silent operation camera it should be allowed. Not going to happen. Cellphones can be made silent but there is always dumbasses with no consideration
»www.golftoday.co.uk/news/yeartod···r17.html
"Tiger Woods had two incidents with fans and their cameras last year. An early click cost Woods a chance of going bogey-free over 72 holes when he won the World Golf Championship in Ireland; and at the Skins Game, Woods flinched during his swing when a camera clicked behind him (his caddie, Steve Williams, took the camera from the offending fan and tossed it in a nearby pond).
Yet Combs feels cellphones are the biggest problem. Cellphones are prohibited from tournament courses, but there always seems to be a few fans who sneak them in. Marshals only become aware of their presence when they ring -- hopefully, not during someone's backswing. "
»www.pgatour.com/2009/tournaments···dex.html
"Q. Yesterday you pushed a lot of shots. Did you work out something overnight?
TIGER WOODS: Yesterday I was flinching all the time, all the cameras were going off in my downswing. I didn't have that problem today, which was nice, and I can go ahead and actually play a little bit of golf."
This is just allowing cameras with media credentials. Imagine if you allow 60,000 people to carry a camera during a tournament. It would be almost unplayable. |
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In today's Newsday regarding the withdrawal some are having due to the no cell phones, PDAs or portable e-mail device ban.
»www.newsday.com/sports/golf/usop···53.story |
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Thursday June 18th, 2009
Fans who attended a soggy and rain-shortened U.S. Open first round at Bethpage Black Thursday won't be happy when they read this:
Thursday tickets will not be refunded or exchanged. Play will resume Friday at 7:30 a.m., weather permitting. Only Friday tickets will be accepted.
»www.newsday.com/sports/golf/usop···55.story
( some interesting reader comments at end of page...here is the 1st one)
USGA talks about how wonderful the Bethpage Opens have been for creating goodwill and bringing golf to the "common people" This is not the way to foster goodwill with those fans!They kept everyone hanging for 4 hours at Bethpage in the soaking rain, while the only thing the fans could do was spend money at the concession or merchandise tent. So the USGA fills their pockets even more, and thousands of water-logged ticketholders are now out of luck. Surely the golf course can hold more people! If it's just a matter of security, or lack of buses from Jones Beach, they should have thought of better contingency plans. |
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| Im not surprised about the no-refund policy. That's just the way the gol world is, unfortunately. And in their defense, they do have to keep up with the costs.
What's most unfortunate is how the constant rain is going to ruin what's an absolutely fun place to watch a major tournament. A lot of people are going to miss or be soured on what would have been a phenomenal experience like none other. I don't care where they have the Open and who watches it, it don't get any better than watching one at the Black.
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Lex Luthor
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I do feel bad for the people today.
The weather looks a lot better for me tomorrow.
Can't wait. |
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| Sure has been raining a lot. Enough of this rain...Out east here been raining since early morning...dark now and still raining and they're calling for more rain in the morning but then some sunshine but back to showers the next day.
Have fun tomorrow and how will we spot you on TV? |
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| said by sailor :Have fun tomorrow and how will we spot you on TV? Look for the guy being held by three security guards and grunting to himself while being forcefully escorted to the paddy wagon. 
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said by The Dv8or :Im not surprised about the no-refund policy. That's just the way the gol world is, unfortunately. And in their defense, they do have to keep up with the costs. What's most unfortunate is how the constant rain is going to ruin what's an absolutely fun place to watch a major tournament. A lot of people are going to miss or be soured on what would have been a phenomenal experience like none other. I don't care where they have the Open and who watches it, it don't get any better than watching one at the Black. Here's an update on the no refund story...seems for what little some saw it doesn't seem fair. With more rain in the forecast they just might reverse their no refund or exchange policy.
Fans incensed over U.S. Open's no-refund policy
The People's Open?
Not according to golf fans incensed about the U.S. Open's no-refund policy for Thursday's rain-shortened opening day.
U.S. Golf Association officials said the 3½ hours of golf played on Bethpage Black Thursday were enough to prompt its no-refund policy. The policy is similar to that of comparable tennis and golf tournaments, such as Wimbledon and the British Open, officials said.
"We appreciate the disappointment of the fans. We are also disappointed," said Rand Jerris, a spokesman for the USGA. "There was a feeling that an adequate amount of play was offered."
But few golf fans Thursday actually saw 3½ hours of play, which started at 7 a.m.
"I just think the whole thing stinks, especially considering this is a public golf course owned by the state," said Ralph Giardina, 68, a former Nassau County police captain who paid $200 for tickets Thursday for himself and his wife. They saw a total of three shots on hole No. 18 before play was suspended at about 10:30 a.m.
"They didn't play even close to 25 percent of the golf that was supposed to be played today, and my wife and I paid $200. There's something not right about that," said Giardina, of Farmingdale.
Nick Tarallo, 57, of upstate Bedford, arrived at Bethpage Black around 8:45 a.m. with his two brothers-in-law and a nephew, hoping to see Tiger Woods, Geoff Ogilvy and Phil Mickelson. After getting breakfast and situating themselves on the course, they witnessed a total of six shots - $100 a shot, Tarallo noted. Mickelson never teed off.
"I would like very much for them to refund the money," Tarallo said, noting he would also accept a ticket for this weekend's play.
Jerris said giving Thursday's ticket holders access to this weekend's action would flood Bethpage Black with more people than it can handle.
Fans said they understood the logistics were complicated. But that's not their problem, they said.
"They should have had some kind of accommodation for this kind of a day," said Sid Silverman, 55, of Merrick, who paid $150 a ticket for what he called a "disastrous day."
Even politicians expressed anger, with Rep. Steve Israel calling on the USGA to issue refunds.
Officials said they could not estimate the cost of refunding tickets, but considering that about 42,500 tickets were sold at prices of $100 or $150 for Thursday's round, a rough estimate would be about $5 million.
»www.newsday.com/news/local/nassa···11.story |
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| said by sailor : With more rain in the forecast they just might reverse their no refund or exchange policy. And they did make an adjustment...Good for them as half a refund is better than no refund at all.
»www.newsday.com/sports/golf/usop···95.story |
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| The refund will never happen. With all the rain scheduled to come, theyll play Monday. Thursday people truly make out as they thought they would see first round action, and theyll wind up seeing the final putt. Sunday people will get fucked because they wont see the final putt. Im sure the Thurs tickets are on eBay right now for astronomical prices.
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Had a great day at the Open today.
Got out there about 8:15am and stayed until about 7pm.
We saw Tiger double the 15th from the Grandstand, saw Phil a few times and got a real nice close up of Villegas hitting from way off the fairway off the mud on the 15th.
Weather was amazing today 
I wonder if I could secure tickets for Monday. I can't imagine they are going for that much. Only way to really get the tickets to someone is via pickup. Anyone who has the Monday tickets (people who buy the full package also have Monday tickets already) and can't go are probably just looking to dump them. |
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U.S. Open fans heckle Tiger Woods
Beer-sodden fans and rain combined for an ugly finish to a long day of golf yesterday, with Tiger Woods and other golfers subjected to drunken heckling as the action at Bethpage Black came to a close.
At 6:42 p.m., dozens of drunken spectators at Hole 10 taunted Woods as he prepared to start his third round in the rain.
"We're on Long Island, baby, where men are men!" one fan yelled. "Put that umbrella down!"
The taunts were mixed with cheers from the majority of the crowd.
Woods did not respond to the people who were heckling him but tried to quiet the crowd with a "sshh" hand gesture, putting his finger to his lips, as golfers prepared to tee off on the adjacent 12th tee.
"Suck it up, you've got your own video game!" someone shouted at Woods.
Some fans, apparently disgusted by the hecklers' behavior, walked away from the hole. Others told the vocal contingent to quiet down, which had no effect on the verbal abuse.
Minutes later, a group of fans greeted Fred Funk at the 10th hole by shouting his last name as an obscenity.
A little earlier, drunken fans at the seventh hole shouted at golfers, "This Bud's for you!" On the ninth fairway, drunks called out "you suck" to players while spectators on the other side booed the hecklers.
Concession stands scattered across the course - including the one near the 10th hole - don't start selling beer until 11 a.m., yet a line already had formed in front of the taps between the 16th and 17th holes well before that. But the late- morning scene was peaceful, giving little indication of what would happen later elsewhere on the course.
Many beer-drinkers Saturday at Bethpage Black were there simply to enjoy the scene.
John O'Shea, John McQue and Cronan Ryan sat on a hillside overlooking Hole 17, leaning back on their elbows and taking slow sips of Budweiser.
"We just had to rest a while to get some beer in us," said O'Shea, 22, of Manhattan.
"We just needed to relax," added McQue, 28, of Sunnyside.
»www.newsday.com/sports/golf/usop···23.story |
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Very disappointing to hear. That's certainly not going to help our chances of getting another one of these.
When I was there from morning until evening on Friday, I'd have to say there was a definite difference in the crowd once play restarted around 5pm. I was on the hill on the 2nd and the crowd had the wave going and was much more vocal. But, I didn't hear anything that wouldn't be acceptable. Then as I was leaving, I stopped around the 15th fairway and there were drunk girl with a loud piercing voice talking to some guy next to her and the marshall had a pretty tough time keeping her quiet when the golfers were coming up, but again, that's nothing like this above article. |
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| Oh trust me, Bethpage is going to remain on the regular rotation for awhile. Even before the first tee shot in 2002, they already knew it was going to land here in 2009 (my old man got this from an insider). Bethpage makes them a SHITLOAD of cash, and holding this on a public course is tremendous PR for them.
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Yay! I got tickets for tomorrow for $40 each.
This worked out nice. Got a day in the great weather on Fri and should be able to see much of the final round tomorrow in hopefully ok weather. |
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Today's Newsday Front Cover |
said by Lex Luthor :Yay! I got tickets for tomorrow for $40 each. This worked out nice. Got a day in the great weather on Fri and should be able to see much of the final round tomorrow in hopefully ok weather. Great deal...It is now around 1:00 PM Sunday. Is it raining where you are? Stopped here on the east end for now but some wind and it looks at times like the sun wants to peek out but then dark clouds and then more rain.  |
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