Thompson Park’s giant golf ball has been returned
The giant golf at the golf course in Thompson Park is back.
The golf ball sign was returned Tuesday afternoon.
“It wasn’t there when I went out and then I went out again, it was there,” golf course manager Jordan Northrop said.
For weeks, the missing golf ball was a thorny issue for some city officials. The ball was removed by former Watertown Golf Club owner Michael E. Lundy and then taken to Ives Hill Country Club on Flower Avenue West as an April Fool’s prank.
Mayor Jeffrey M. Smith wasn’t amused and threatened to have Mr. Lundy arrested.
But the golf ball was placed in the same spot at the city’s newly acquired golf course at about 3:40 p.m.
The city has renamed the 18-hole course the Thompson Park Golf Course.
The ball no longer has the Watertown Golf Club logo, It’s been painted over.
“No one saw it returned,” Mr. Northrop said. “Don’t know who brought it back.”
The city purchased the Watertown Golf Club for $3.4 million from Mr. Lundy in January. The purchase has been a political hot potato, mainly for its price.
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