Homes damaged by golf balls from nearby course

MINT HILL, N.C. — Some homeowners in Mint Hill say golf balls from a nearby course keep hitting their homes and they are tired of it.

Golfers are breaking windows, putting holes in the houses’ siding, and leaving homeowners to clean up the mess.

“We replaced this window,” said Mona Tailor, homeowner. “We replaced that window. We replaced the bottom window.”

Tailor said she is constantly fixing her home.

“We have to duck down when the ball hits,” she said.

Her home is steps away from the at the Olde Sycamore Golf Plantation.

Another resident said he’s dealing with the same issue.

“I have probably five or six windows broken, which I’ve had to replace them,” the homeowner said.

He did not want to be identified because of fear of retaliation.

“There are 1-2-3-4-5-6 just on the side,” he told Channel 9′s Erika Jackson. “Six or seven holes on the side. There are plenty more all over.”

Another homeowner told Jackson he planted trees as a buffer.

Neighbors said something needs to be done before someone gets hit by a ball.

The general manager of Olde Sycamore Golf Plantation said the course was built in the 1990s, which is a decade before the homes were built.

He said it’s the golfer’s responsibility to pay for damage caused by erroneous swings.

Tailor said they have confronted the golfers.

“They say, ‘This is my phone number you can contact’ and then when you call them, they gave us the wrong number,” Tailor said.

The golf course’s general manager said it is up to the homeowner to fund and install protective barriers on their property.

Tailor said she wants someone to take responsibility and pay up.

“They do damage our property and we want compensation from them,” Tailor said.

The general manager said he’s trying to get in touch with affected homeowners to see if they can agree on a fix.

A source with the Olde Sycamore Homeowners Association told Jackson that all homeowners in the neighborhood signed an agreement that prevents them from holding the Olde Sycamore Golf Plantation responsible for home damage caused by golfers.

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