A man in a quiet Florida Gators polo and jeans sat stoically. Air Jordan sneakers squeaked on the hardwood in the background. Midway through the first half, the whistle blew. As a Mississippi State player began his free throw routine, the calm man — Ron Davis, 80, — started his.

Newberry residents who frequented the former West End Golf Club’s greens can walk its abandoned trails overgrown with towering weeds that have sprouted in the two years since the course closed.