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Keeping Bethpage Black dry won't be easy

When the U.S. Open last left Long Island, workers were wielding hoses in a frantic attempt to keep water on the greens. When it returns Thursday, volunteers will be wielding squeegees in a frantic attempt to keep water off.

Nature's revenge for the 2004 Open at Shinnecock Hills, where the U.S. Golf Association allowed the greens to become so dry that staffers had to "syringe" them, is forecast...

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