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      <title>Comments On: Free Golf at Overton Park?
    
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    <author><![CDATA[Little Rock Memphian]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Here's an idea I haven't yet seen offered:  let the 9-hole courses operate normally between now and either the Tuesday following Labor Day. At that point, close them.
        
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      <![CDATA[Surely there are enough retired golfers in Memphis that would care enough to volunteer a morning to keep the courses open. To make all taxpayers responsible for something that's enjoyed by a relatively few amount of people seems unfair.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Packrat]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[He gave me my first golf lesson at age 14....too many years ago.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[BruceVanWyngarden]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[A noble soul, indeed, Packy: <a href="http://bit.ly/a1FMmu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/a1FMmu</a>
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Packrat]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Buddy McEwen would be glad to hear the endrosement of DC, God rest his noble soul.
        
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 15:13:46 -0500</pubDate>
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    <author><![CDATA[mad_merc]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[In all fairness, I have not been out there in over 10 years. All I have to go on is the opinion of friends that play more regularly than I. <br>
        
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 14:51:56 -0500</pubDate>
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    <author><![CDATA[BruceVanWyngarden]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Davy Crockett suffers from an incident that happened more than 10 years ago. I've been playing it for years.
        
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 12:43:40 -0500</pubDate>
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    <author><![CDATA[TennesseeDrew]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Davy Crockett is more interesting because it's got a lot of elevation changes and its surrounded by mature forests. Also, it's scary reputation keeps a lot of people away, which means you can play your round pretty quickly.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[mad_merc]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Is Davy Crockett a more interesting course or is it more interesting because you should consider carrying an automatic weapon while playing?
        
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 08:47:57 -0500</pubDate>
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    <author><![CDATA[kfr]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[There has to be a way to keep the greens fees around $40 for 18 holes and a cart. Much more than that, your competing with privately owned courses with better maintenence.
        
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 08:13:52 -0500</pubDate>
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    <author><![CDATA[BruceVanWyngarden]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Pine Hill and Davey Crockett are better and more interesting courses than Audubon and Fox Meadows. Run properly, the city could maintain all five of its 18-hole courses.
        
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    <pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 21:49:43 -0500</pubDate>
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      <![CDATA[sounds good to me.
        
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    <pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 19:48:18 -0500</pubDate>
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    <author><![CDATA[Packrat]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Now that's a good idea. I'd keep Pine Hill open too.
        
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    <pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 16:38:07 -0500</pubDate>
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    <author><![CDATA[cdel]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[A volunteer group for light maintenance - such as picking up garbage - would probably form rather quickly.
        
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    <pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 16:19:53 -0500</pubDate>
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