Opinion: The Overton Park golf course is about a lot more than golf
Rhodes College senior Tabitha Diehl practices chipping at Overton Park Nov. 19, 2020. Dan Conaway won both a bet and true love on the same links. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Dan Conaway
Dan Conaway was a freelance columnist with The Daily Memphian from 2018 to 2025.
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.
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