US Open 2009 Round 1: Photos & News
June 18, 2009 by deo_lookout · 1 Comment
Round 1 is on rain delay. Here are running updates from the Bethpage – good info.
Wet, wet, wet… Here is the 18th green this morning. {click on the image to see full-screen}
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Here’s Tiger playing before the rain delay. Looks like he put it down the left side, good angle into the first green.
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Padraig Harrington teeing off hole number one, he paired up Tiger and Angel Cabrera.
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Rain soak spectators watching from the first tee.
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Check the standing water on the 13th green…
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All photos are Courtesy of WWW.USGA.ORG
This just in from the USGA…
2009 U.S. OPEN TRANSPORTATION AND PARKING PLAN UPDATE
Due to Thursday’s storm and recent rainfall at the 2009 U.S. Open at Bethpage State Park, parking lots D, F and R will be closed Friday and for the remainder of the championship.
Because of the closures, championship patrons with parking passes for Lots D and F and volunteers with parking passes for Lot R should proceed to general spectator parking areas at Jones Beach to access complimentary shuttle buses to Bethpage State Park. General spectator shuttles begin at 5:30 a.m. Shuttles for early-shift volunteers are also scheduled.
Gates open at 6 a.m. and starting times are scheduled to begin at 7:30 a.m.
For more information on the 2009 U.S. Open and for regular transportation updates visit http://www.USOPEN.com.