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[cell class=spoiler]As you can imagine, there is quite a demand to play. Up until a few years ago, play on Bethpage Black was first-come, first served. The "first" typically came the evening before and slept in their cars for the opportunity to play the fabled course. Today, tee times can be made in advance - for local residents only. But some tee times (one per hour and all the first hour's times) are set aside on a "first-come, first-served" basis.
So golfers still camp out in the Bethpage parking lot. In a far lot, spaces are numbered and each new arrival pulls in - backing in only - to the next available spot. Walking around the grounds is forbidden so the golfers drop back the seats and get whatever sleep they can manage.
Tickets for the first available tee times are handed out about 90 minutes before the first tee times, which begin at 5:30 a.m. on the long days of summer. In the past only one player per foursome was required to spend the night to reserve a time for the entire foursome but these days it is one ticket per man. So one player still needs to get there early for a good time but the others don't need to show up until just before the tickets are handed out.
Once the tickets are distributed and the treasured tee times doled out the order of the day's play is determined long before sun-up. Some with afternoon tee times head home or to work before returning; others head for the grill room for breakfast. [/cell]
Es un campo público y tienen prioridad los local players
