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Tourism on Long Island is booming and no doubt the economy will get a much needed boost due to this event. Reports from the Garden City Hotel, the Hilton Huntington and other local hotels confirm that all the rooms have been filled for months and that restaurants have more reservations than they can honor.
Of course, Tiger Woods is the man of the hour with seven major golf championships under his belt eagerly seeking his eighth major title. Rumors are everywhere as to sightings of him in the area. But he has only been seen by a few fairway workers since his comings and goings for practice shots are being kept under wraps for the present. But this will all change starting on June 13 when all the top pros start the play.
Just to make certain that Bethpage State Park Golf aficionados who were not among the fortunate thousands who obtained tickets for the U.S. Open and must have their golf fix, I decided to investigate other golf playing options. I started my odyssey by taking a two-hour Delta flight to Atlanta, Ga. and then a rental car ride to find some of the finest fairways in Northeast Georgia.
I was very impressed with the eco-friendly greens at Cuscowilla on Lake Oconee, 70 miles east of Atlanta along the Antebellum Trail in the Historic Heartland
