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Eisenhower Red stands test of time

A bridge spans a pond before the 15th

Photo credit: Newsday.com/Robert Cassidy | A bridge spans a pond before the 15th Green on Eisenhower's Red Course.

Mark Herrmann

Newsday columnist Mark Herrmann Mark Herrmann

Herrmann has covered the Mets and Yankees since 1988,

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There is a big sign above the ticket office at Eisenhower Park: HOME OF THE 1926 PGA CHAMPIONSHIP. It is a lasting tribute to the fact that 85 years ago this week, the course in East Meadow was the center of the golf universe. Walter Hagen won his third consecutive PGA, a feat not done before or since.

A more profound tribute, though, is the steady parade of golfers coming in and out below...

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