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Tents, fans and bells at the US Open
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Tiger Woods chips onto the 18th hole as golfing coach Sean Foley watches during practice for the U.S. Open golf tournament at Merion Golf Club on Monday, in Ardmore, Pa. - photo by Associated Press
ARDMORE, Pa. — 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.