Photo | Tommy Hicks
Many golfers in the area have been known to share their memories of the days when they used to play at the Linksman Golf Course, located in the Riviere Du Chien neighborhood near Halls Mill Road in West Mobile. The course closed around 2006 and has remained closed ever since.
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