Opinion: A new course of optimism, from Sweetens Cove to Overton Park
Peyton Manning joins (left) Parks Dixon on the first tee at Overton Park while holding the map of the redesigned course. (Courtesy Parks Dixon.)
Dan Conaway
Dan Conaway was a freelance columnist with The Daily Memphian from 2018 to 2025.
The remarkable Sweetens Cove Golf Club inspired Parks Dixon’s campaign to bring its designers to Memphis and turn them loose on Overton’s storied but long neglected nine.
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