Overton Park 99 golf event raises more money, opportunities
Golfers participate in the Overton Park 99. The Overton Park 99 is a grassroots fundraiser where participants play 99 holes around the Overton Park 9 golf course in a single day. (Brad Vest Special to The Daily Memphian)
Before anyone hit a golf ball early in the morning at the Overton Park 9 Golf Course on Monday, June 9, Will Frazier said he realized he had a tough act to follow.
Last year Frazier, 39, organized the inaugural “Overton Park 99.” The event had 15 golfers sign up to play Overton’s nine-hole golf course 11 times while walking and carrying their bags.
Not only did every player finish, but Chase Harris, a former University of Memphis golfer, broke the course record twice and had two hole-in-ones.
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Drew Hill
Drew Hill covers the Memphis Grizzlies and is a top-10 APSE winner. He has worked throughout the South writing about college athletics before landing in Memphis.
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