Around the US Open: Tents, fans and ringing church bells as tiny Merion Golf Club gets set
ARDMORE, Pa. (AP) — As tee time for the 2013 U.S. Open nears, the quaint Philadelphia suburb of Ardmore looks like a swanky tent city.
Huge white hospitality tents cover sprawling front lawns on Golf House Road, College Avenue and other streets that hem in the famously tight Merion Golf Club course.
“I think everyone’s excited. As a neighbor it’s very inconvenient, but it’s a chance to be part of a tradition and to watch it firsthand,” said Wally Smerconish, a developer renting his tennis court near the 14th tee to the PGA. The golfers association plans to put 30 tables there for corporate sponsorships.
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