Shell Houston Open Venue Vandalized by ATV

This morning Brian Buckner, the Director of Agronomy at Golf Club of Houston reported via Twitter that the venue’s 14th green had been vandalized by what appears to be either a small truck or ATV.

Words can’t explain the feeling this morning. Unbelievable pic.twitter.com/YVyRYNfTiU

— Brian Buckner, CGCS (@GCOHsuper) May 16, 2016

Golf Club of Houston (GCOH) is widely known as being the feature venue for the Shell Houston Open, a PGA TOUR event held in Texas every spring.  Luckily for the grounds crew the damage appears to have been limited to just the 14th green.  Regardless, the repairs will be extensive and quite costly to bring the green back to its former Tour-caliber conditions.

GCOH has reported that the green will be closed for a few days while repairs are underway.

Cover Photo via Twitter – H/T Golf.com