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in this section:  On the afternoon of the morning
when it started raining again in Colon,
the course in Brazos Brook started to change from brown to green In Brazos Brook on the Atlantic
Side
Golf lives on old course
employees' dedicationphotos by Eric Jackson As part
of the government's plan to dispose of the properties it acquired under
the 1977 Torrijos-Carter Treaties, the Canal Zone's old Atlantic Side
golf course at Brazos Brooks became a private concession, whose new
owners kept it up and put in some improvements, aiming to serve a
clientele primarily composed of Colon Free Zone mechants. But then a
fire swept through the clubhouse, and whether or not there was
insurance, the place was abandoned.
Well, not entirely abandoned. A group of about 15 men who had worked as caddies or groundskeepers did what they could to keep the course going. With the tools, human resources and financial abilities available to them, they were only able to keep up maintenance on the front nine holes. But golfers still come, including local businesspeople and some diplomats, and the game still survives on the Atlantic Side as an informal enterprise.   The ruins of the clubhouse and the abandoned pool  This little John Deere mower will be constantly working as the rainy season sets in  The professional-length tees, with the unmaintained back 18 in the background  The course has broad fairways and
no sand traps, but an undulating terrain that makes a level fairway lie
a fairly rare occurrence. And then there are the legendary hazards of
the deep rough --- although it is said that being eaten by a large
reptile is one of these, there seems to be no documented record of
this. Of course, the evidence could very well have been consumed.
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