{"id":46264,"date":"2026-08-04T16:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T16:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/46264\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T16:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T16:22:09","slug":"vandalism-damages-sun-valley-golf-course-park-in-louisville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/46264\/","title":{"rendered":"Vandalism damages Sun Valley Golf Course, park in Louisville"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vandalism damages Sun Valley Golf Course, park; repair costs to fall on taxpayers<\/p>\n

\"JenniferLOUISVILLE, Ky. \u2014<\/p>\n

Vandals caused extensive damage at Sun Valley Park and golf course over the weekend, leaving taxpayers to cover the cost of repairs, according to a Louisville Metro Councilmember. <\/p>\n

Councilwoman Crystal Bast said people riding four-wheelers drove through the park sometime Sunday night, tearing up portions of the Sun Valley Golf Course. <\/p>\n

She said Hole No. 4 sustained some damage, but the fairway on Hole No. 1 was “completely torn up.” <\/p>\n

Bast said the damage comes after recent investments into the park, as well as additional upgrades already in the works. <\/p>\n

“Instead of spending those dollars on new improvements, we\u2019re now forced to spend taxpayer money repairing damage that never should have happened,” Bast said. <\/p>\n

The vandalism went beyond the golf course. <\/p>\n

Bast said someone also used spray foam to create swastikas in the park’s parking lot, which will also require extensive cleanup. <\/p>\n

“There is absolutely no place for that in our community,” she said. <\/p>\n

Bast said security cameras for the park are already in the works in an effort to better protect the area. <\/p>\n

She asked anyone who witnessed the vandalism, has security footage or has information that could help identify those involved to call Louisville Metro Police. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vandalism damages Sun Valley Golf Course, park; repair costs to fall on taxpayers LOUISVILLE, Ky. \u2014 Vandals caused…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46265,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[18189,18193,18188,44,747,18192,10510,18195,7463,843,18191,18147,18190,13822,18194,5878],"class_list":["post-46264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-bast","tag-councilwoman-crystal-bast","tag-extensive-damage","tag-golf","tag-golf-course","tag-hole-no","tag-louisville","tag-louisville-metro-council-member","tag-park","tag-people","tag-repair-cost","tag-sun-valley-park","tag-taxpayer","tag-vandalism","tag-wlky","tag-work"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}