Parking all night, hoping to drive at Bethpage

Playing the U.S. Open course often requires camping out for golfers

By John Branch / The Bulletin
June 8, 2009

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — It was almost 2:30 in the morning when the white Toyota 4Runner with California license plates rolled into the overflow parking lot at Bethpage State Park last Sunday. Cars were backed into the numbered spaces. People slept — reclined behind the wheel,....

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