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The 2002 US Open at Bethpage State Park (Black Course) is a far-flung event, with mega-media coverage. The flow of information is heavy, steady, and complex, if not to say bewildering. Let's get some ORDER around here!

 

Daily Hoopla - Previews, News, Scores

Tee Box & Setup Tee times Pairings Rd1 - Rd 2 Hole Locations Thursday Hole Locations Friday Hole Locations Saturday Hole Locations Sunday	Leaderboards U.S. Open Unisys Live Scoring Golfweb IBM Leaderboard
Dailies 2002 U.S. Open - Press - Audio Interviews, Interview Transcripts, Daily Stories Archive Newsday.com - Video / Audio Gallery Photo gallery 2002 US Open - Video	Diaries Gary Koch: Thoughts on the U.S. Open 2002 U.S. Open - Press - Player Diaries Darrell Kestner's U.S. Open diary Steve Jones - Friday Steve Jones - Thursday Jeff Maggert - Friday Jeff Maggert - Thursday Andy Miller Jeev Milkha Singh - Friday Jeev Milkha Singh - Thursday

Golf Media Coverage

Newspaper Sports Pages

US International

United States

Augusta GA Chronicle - Golf Augusta GA Chronicle - Tour News Baltimore Sun Boston Globe Bradenton FL Herald Chicago Tribune CNNSI.com - Golfonline Dallas Morning News Daytona Beach FL News-Journal Denver Rocky Mountain News Detroit Free Press ESPN.com - Golf HoustonChronicle.com Jacksonville FL Times-Union - Florida Swing.com Jacksonville FL Times-Union - Golfing News Los Angeles Times Miami Herald

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Mobile AL Register MSNBC Golf Myrtle Beach SC Sun News Nando Golf NYPost.com OrlandoSentinel.com Palm Springs CA Desert Sun Philadelphia Inquirer Phoenix AZ Republic San Diego Union Tribune San Francisco Chronicle South Florida Sun-Sentinel: Golf Southern Pines / Pinehurst NC - Pilo Sports.com golf USATODAY.com Washington Post Golf

International
Asian PGA Tour News Auckland New Zealand Herald Bangkok Post BBC Golf Bermuda Royal Gazette Canada.com Golf Canada's Slam! Golf Cardiff Western Mail & Echo Dublin Irish Independent Dublin Irish Times Edinburgh Scotsman.com Glasgow Herald Johannesburg Mail & Guardian Johannesburg Star London Daily Mirror London Daily Telegraph London Guardian Unlimited	Malaysia New Strait Times Melbourne The Age New Delhi Times of India Ottawa National Post Seoul Korea Times Singapore Strait Times South Africa Sports Illustrated Sporting Life Stockholm Express Sweden Aftonbladet Sydney Australian Sydney Morning Herald Tiempos del Mundo Tokyo Japan Times Toronto Star

The Event - History and Past Tournaments, Stats & Records

HISTORY Golfonline - US Open History USOpen.com - U.S. Open History TGC - U.S. Open History U.S. Open Fact Sheet Historic audio .	PAST EVENTS ESPN.com - 1999 US Open ESPN.com - 2000 US Open ESPN,com - 2001 US Open CNNSI.com - 2001 US Open 2001 results	PAST CHAMPS U.S. Open Past Champions Winners ALL-TIME WINNERS MULTIPLE WINNERS
RECORDS U.S. Open Historical Records Scoring records More records Amateur records HOLES IN ONE RECORDS	STATS Championship History for U.S. Open - Stat US Open Championship - Player Stats Sortable stats Statistical Review	MISC Top finishes PLAYOFF RESULTS

 

The Course

The Bethpage State Park Black Course (par 70) was designed and construced by A.W. Tillinghast and touched up by the Open Doc, Rees Jones.

So, how's it playing this year?

U.S. Open Interviews - Rees Jones The real man behind the Black Tiger: Black Course tough to tame Bethpage Layout Favors Woods How tough is Bethpage (video)

What the Supers Have to Say Golf Press Association Presents Five Questions: TIM MORAGHAN and CRAIG CURRIER USGA Director of Championships Agronomy and Bethpage Black golf course superintendent June 13, 2002

GENERAL INFO   The Course   Bethpage Park   Course History   Bethpage State Park   Course overview   Course audio   Course photos   More course information   GolfDigest.com - Viewer's guide to Bethpage   GolfDigest.com - Public defender   The waiting game

TOURS   Take a tour of the Bethpage Black course!   Course Tour   Bethpage Black Course Tour   Tour Interactive Tour of Bethpage with Joe Rehor   Bethpage: Take a Virtual Tour   View hole-by-hole yardage book   Course Hole by Hole   HOLE-BY-HOLE   Course hole-by-hole   Cumulative Stats   Course Stats   Course Fly-throughs

The Players and Their Odds

ENTRANCE & FIELD Field Qualifying criteria 2002 U.S. Open - Exemptions - Local and Sectionals 2002 U.S. Open - Local Qualifying Sites 2002 U.S. Open - Sectional Qualifying Sites U.S. Open Sectional Qualifying Results	HANDICAPPING ODDS Media Picks - Who Will Win And Why? Top contenders What, Who to Watch For at Bethpage Contenders and Pretenders Odds Odds
SOME SPECIFICS Straight Sergio Questioning Phil Fans focusing attention on Woods 16-year-old punches ticket U.S. Open gets first player from India	MISC Player Scorecards U.S. Open Bag Checks