Man Charged For Using SUV To Tear Up Golf Course - NewsChannel5.com | Nashville News, Weather & Sports

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – A man has been charged with vandalism for allegedly tearing up the grass at Hermitage Golf Course with a SUV.

An affidavit said 18-year-old Chuck Whitaker drove his Ford Explorer on the golf course overnight, doing donuts, and tearing up the grass and making ditches.

He damaged the ninth, tenth and eighteenth fairways as well as the ninth, eighteenth and putting green.

Whitaker later rolled his vehicle onto its roof.

The estimated amount of damage was $15,000. The motive for the vandalism was not released.

Whitaker was held on $10,000 bond.