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Vandals torched more than 20 golf carts parked outside the Duck Creek Golf Course pro shop Thursday night, causing around $150,000 in damage.

Dan Sherman, Davenport parks director, said he received a call from the course superintendent in the middle of the night, informing him the fire department was at the course, attempting to extinguish the burning carts.

The course will remain open today, Sherman said.

“We’re winding down for the year, so I don’t think it will be a big issue,” he said. “We have agreements with golf cart manufacturers, so we probably could get some more in if we need them.”

The city is self-insured, meaning cleanup and replacement costs will have to come from Davenport’s insurance fund, Sherman said.

The carts are chained up to prevent theft but are not housed inside a building.

“We’ve been interested, at some point, to build something to house them in,” Sherman said. “The money it’s going to cost to replace the golf carts could have built us a pretty nice building.”

Davenport police and fire department personnel were still on the scene Friday morning.

Sherman said this is the first case of vandalism at Duck Creek this year. Several golf carts were damaged at Emeis Golf Course earlier this summer but not to the same extent as this, he said.

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