The last time the PGA Championship was played on Long Island, fans could not bring cellphones onto the course, because it was 1926 and they did not exist.
The last time a major was played at Bethpage Black, fans could not bring cellphones onto the course, because it was 2009, and such sacrilege was not yet permitted.
The last time a major was played anywhere, at Augusta National last month, fans could not bring cellphones onto the course, because The Masters says so.