Insider's Guide to playing major championship golf courses

Bethpage Black, a state-park golf course on Long Island, is one of several new public additions to the U.S. Open rotation.

Every summer, thousands of people set out on trips across their state, region or country, zigzagging to and fro in search of important historical sites. For lovers of golf courses and golf history played out upon them, that is both a noble and doable quest. Certainly, most of the courses that have h

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