Last Thursday night, vandals caused about $20,000 worth of damage to Frear Park Municipal Golf Course. Someone in a light truck or a car entered the golf course, drove across fairways and greens, and around in circles, tearing up the grass.
The golf course superintendent for Troy has already begun hiring workers to supplement the crew that will be opening the course in about a week. The worst damage was done to the women’s tee and fairway on the fourth hole, greens on the sixth and eight holes, and the fairway of the 18th hole.
Mayor Harry Tutunjian expressed disappointment at the crime and pledged $500 of his own money as a reward for information leading to arrests. This vandalism follows several years of major capital improvements to the golf course and comes less than a month after over 50 grave sites were damaged at Oakwood cemetery.
