An unsettling scene at the picturesque Dundas Valley Golf & Curling Club.

Hamilton police and fire crews were called to the course on Woodleys Lane around 5 a.m. Monday.

Hamilton police investigating a joy ride that ended in a car fire in the middle of the green at the Dundas Valley Golf & Curling club. It’s being considered an arson. @morninglive pic.twitter.com/ijIC9hR0EF — Sylvie Lendvay (@sylvie_lendvay) July 22, 2019

They were responding to reports of a car fire on one of the course’s greens.

Investigators tell CHCH News that an apparent joy ride on the course preceded the vehicle being abandoned and set ablaze.

It took firefighters about 30 minutes to extinguish the inferno. The car was totally destroyed and damage to the golf green is significant.

The investigation continues.