There are 11 article(s) tagged Overton Park golf course:

• September 2024

  • Hill: Let’s hope the Overton 99 becomes par for the course

    When a workout nut and a golf addict got together in Memphis, they created one of the city’s biggest fundraisers for youth golf in the city. 

    By Drew Hill September 18, 2024

• August 2021

  • About Town: Transformations teed up for two area golf courses

    Two notable Memphis golf courses are in different stages of the renovation process and, once they are completed, both are likely to excite regular (and future) golfers.

    By Omer Yusuf August 27, 2021

  • Opening for ‘new’ Overton Park golf course now set for spring

    The newly planted greens of MiniVerde Bermudagrass are 99% ready. But the Bermuda Certified 419 fairways and tees still have bare spots, and the tall fescue for the natural areas and habitats must be reseeded this fall, the city’s top golf official says.

    By Tom Bailey August 26, 2021

• April 2021

  • Opinion: Overton’s short golf course made long memories

    It was 1947 when junior golfers were invited to the Ritz Theater at the corner of Poplar and Evergreen for a movie introduction to the game. A couple of hours later, after a short walk or bus ride to Overton Park Golf Course, we gathered at the practice area behind No. 1 green.

    By Dave Wells April 14, 2021

• January 2021

  • Overton Golf Course closes Monday for reconstruction

    Overton Park golf course may be jammed this weekend with golfers playing one last round before the nine-hole track closes until the fall. The course is being redesigned and rebuilt.

    By Tom Bailey January 16, 2021

  • Opinion: To those who ‘circle the drain,’ thanks

    Citizens all over greater Memphis – all over the country – watch over things every day, caring enough about all of us to make sure the greater good is served by the maintenance of the things we care about.

    By Dan Conaway January 15, 2021

  • A year to forget? Here are 20 good things we’ll remember about 2020

    Clever restaurateurs, fearless city planners and far-sighted entrepreneurs didn’t let 2020 slow them down. And if we needed reasons to cheer, we had Ja Morant and Brady White. 

    By The Daily Memphian Staff January 14, 2021

• December 2020

  • Ashley, Peyton Manning make ‘lead gift’ to Overton Park golf course renovation

    The amount of the Mannings’ donation to the Overton Park golf course renovation was not revealed, but the contribution brings the amount raised so far to $1.7 million of the $2.5 million fundraising goal.

    By Tom Bailey December 19, 2020

  • Opinion: The Overton Park golf course is about a lot more than golf

    For 114 years, longer than any other municipal golf course here, one golf course has introduced this city to the game, more than any other. Short and certainly sweet, first pars are found on this course, first birdies sing, and first eagles soar. And they come back for a lifetime.

    By Dan Conaway December 04, 2020

• November 2020

  • Hole by hole: Overton Park golf course renovation

    King-Collins Golf Course Design has something of a cult following in the golf world for creating high-quality courses that are fun instead of difficult.

    By Tom Bailey November 27, 2020

• November 2018

  • Golf, military service foster friendship sealed with kidney donation

    Loosely holding a rolled-up program in his hand, Dustin Lehmann tapped it on his knee as if playing along with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra’s Veteran’s Day performance Saturday night.

    By Michelle Corbet November 13, 2018