2009 US Open
When
the USGA announced that the 2002 US Open Championship would be
held on the Black Course at Bethpage State Park in New York, little
did they know what they were letting themselves in for. Not Only
was this to become the first publicly owned and operated course
to stage a US Open, but the pre-open media hype suggested that
the Black was far too easy and there would be record scoring.
It may come as no surprise that the pre-open media hype was wrong.
Players unanimously agreed that the black was one of the finest
courses in the world, a supreme test of golf and eminently fair.