Conaway: Discovering true joy in a game. Again.
Tom Whitman chips onto the green out of a sand trap on hole number one at Overton Park Golf Course. The course has been completely redesigned and is now open to the public. (Houston Cofield/Special To The Daily Memphian)
Dan Conaway
Dan Conaway was a freelance columnist with The Daily Memphian from 2018 to 2025.
Golf began for everyone in Memphis in Overton Park in 1906 with the opening of the Overton Park 9, the city’s first public course.
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