“It looked like a bomb went off,” the owner of the Whitewater, Wis., property said of the extensive damage, which involved destruction of eight golf carts, as well as tee markers, poles, benches, garbage cans, and a soda machine. The greens were not damaged, but the property is offering $2,200 for information leading to an arrest.
Vandals caused about $50,000 in damage at Spring Creek Golf Center in Whitewater, Wis., the Madison (Wis.) WMTV 15 reported.
“It looked like a bomb went off,” said owner Mike Majewski, who has owned the centerĀ for 26 years. “Everything they had to hit back there, they pretty much hit.”
Vandals left the course in pieces, running over the tee signs, markers, poles, benches, garbage cans, and a soda machine, WMTV reported. “They went out there to cause as much damage as they possible could,” said Majewski.
By Sunday morning, 8 of 10 golf carts were destroyed with two stuck in the pond, WMTV reported. “They only saving grace was that they didn’t tear up the greens. That would have been the worst thing that would have happened,” said Majewski.
The facility is up and running today but with a lot of clean up ahead. “The damage that is on the course right now its going to take a long time for that to come back,” said Majewski.
The silver lining, Majewski says, is the community support. With donations, they’re offering more than $2,200 for information leading to an arrest, WMTV reported.
“You wouldn’t believe the amount of calls we’ve gotten for help,” said Majewski. “The people who come out here and they care so much about this place and then have people come out here and do what they did… For what reason? I don’t understand the thinking that becomes involved in that.”
Whitewater Country Club was also vandalized earlier this month. They believe they were targeted by the same people, WMTV reported.
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