'I Can't Give Up This Place'

David Casstevens: BENBROOK — A plastic flyswatter hangs on one wall.

Used golf balls, priced 50 cents each, sit in a wire basket on the countertop alongside a display of Cracker Jack, salted peanuts and other snacks.

"Golf clubs," one sign says. "$3 and up."

The clubhouse at the Benbrook Lighted Par 3 Golf Course bears little resemblance to those country-club pro shops at Colonial and Timarron, but the greens fees are affordable for most folks and the atmosphere couldn't be friendlier.

"How y'all doin'?" owner Penny Reynolds sang out, greeting two customers.

"Little warm," one replied.