NY Golf Shuttle

Hey LI Golfers,

We're all excited about the US Open @ Bethpage this year.

Hopefully, this year it won't rain and we will not have to slog through mud to catch a glimpse of Tiger, Phil and the rest of the world's best golfers.

This NY Golf Shuttle situation annoys me. How is a scalper able to GET Bethpage Black tee times - let alone sell them for $850/golfer. Bethpage is a NY State Park and is supposed to be "for the people". I guess in some cases, to semi-quote George Orwell, "some people are more equal than others".

We had heard that some of the Bethpage Pro shop staff were "re-selling" Black course tee times, but at a much less, more humanitarian price point.

Many of us have been beaten up by the Black course and see it add an additional 12 or more strokes to our score, as compared to any of the other Bethpage courses. But, oh to tell the story on your subsequent rounds - for years to come, makes it all worth it.

I hope Bethpage Black, consistently rated by Golf Digest as one of the USA's top courses, remains attainable for the middle class amateur golfer who wants to experience what it feels like to walk up the 18th fairway just like Tiger.

Let's keep the Black course as available to the golfer who lives in Levittown, as to the guy who takes a car service from the Upper East Side to play on one of the World's most famous sports venues.

See you there.

Chuck