{"id":614206,"date":"2026-04-30T00:03:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T00:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/614206\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T00:03:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T00:03:20","slug":"widows-walk-golf-course-in-scituate-announces-changes-due-to-persistent-ongoing-vandalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/614206\/","title":{"rendered":"Widow\u2019s Walk Golf Course in Scituate announces changes due to \u2018persistent, ongoing\u2019 vandalism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 fcApnw body-paragraph\">SCITUATE, Mass. \u2014 A popular golf course on the South Shore of Massachusetts is implementing some policy changes due to what staff described as &#8220;persistent and ongoing nightly vandalism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 fcApnw body-paragraph\">Widow\u2019s Walk Golf Course at 250 The Driftway in Scituate announced Wednesday that the property is now under 24-hour surveillance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 fcApnw body-paragraph\">As a result of the recent vandalism issues, Widow\u2019s Walk is changing its \u201cWalk the Walk\u201d twilight golf rules until further notice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 fcApnw body-paragraph\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0BbjmsRyBRZgdSPDnqXsybZz4HEBepGbeBWHRiWVp2yhJeMBgvFFNBYGVB2ZczQXJl&amp;id=100063673478672&amp;__cft__[0]=AZap0NPRWik49xvumexhl2YauWPVxmvStco6Y6-T0FCDgqzjNneVVjBF3QtGOOeKaKoNYWjqTUCX8JLxEyfLc0pLYQee5zitXhH4gEUlM_mq6jCYgEpNJRadnTfVGjdL-TbQwPT0HryjBCIUY4uNPSuQmKYQrlAuy12F_QxTk6HZZ3Pzcg9j6VizIPVA0tU4-vA&amp;__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0BbjmsRyBRZgdSPDnqXsybZz4HEBepGbeBWHRiWVp2yhJeMBgvFFNBYGVB2ZczQXJl&amp;id=100063673478672&amp;__cft__[0]=AZap0NPRWik49xvumexhl2YauWPVxmvStco6Y6-T0FCDgqzjNneVVjBF3QtGOOeKaKoNYWjqTUCX8JLxEyfLc0pLYQee5zitXhH4gEUlM_mq6jCYgEpNJRadnTfVGjdL-TbQwPT0HryjBCIUY4uNPSuQmKYQrlAuy12F_QxTk6HZZ3Pzcg9j6VizIPVA0tU4-vA&amp;__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R\">post on Facebook<\/a> stated:<\/p>\n<p>All bookings must be made online in advance. No more first-come, first-served or walk-ins.Limited to 6 tee times, 24 total players.Every booking requires a full name and a credit card. Members may still play for free, but a credit card is required to book in the event of a no-show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 fcApnw body-paragraph\">\u201cWe understand that this may be frustrating and disappointing to some of you. We share your frustration, as it\u2019s unfortunate we have been forced to make these changes,\u201d the course wrote in the post. \u201cWe appreciate your understanding as we do our best to look out for the course for everyone to enjoy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 fcApnw body-paragraph\">Anyone who witnesses malicious or destructive activity is urged to report it to the golf staff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 fcApnw body-paragraph\">Boston 25 News has reached out to the Scituate Police Department for comment on the situation. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 fcApnw body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boston25news.com\/news\/local\/have-new-device-get-our-free-boston-25-news-weather-apps\/PDC6X7UKOFDBVPV5YJHG3CX36I\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE Boston 25 News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 fcApnw body-paragraph\">Follow Boston 25 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Boston25News\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/boston25\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boston25news.com\/video\/live-stream\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Watch Boston 25 News NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 fcApnw body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SCITUATE, Mass. \u2014 A popular golf course on the South Shore of Massachusetts is implementing some policy changes&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":614207,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[8731,91959,4,30093,427,266673,266670,266669,2001,266677,266671,266675,266664,266661,266667,266662,266678,266668,99,266666,266676,266672,266674,266665,266660,266663],"class_list":["post-614206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-boston","tag-boston-25-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breaking-story","tag-golf","tag-golf-course-security-concerns","tag-golf-course-under-24-hour-surveillance","tag-golf-course-vandalism-massachusetts","tag-massachusetts","tag-new-booking-rules-at-widows-walk","tag-property-damage-at-golf-course","tag-scituate-golf-course-changes-explained","tag-scituate-golf-course-surveillance","tag-scituate-golf-course-vandalism","tag-scituate-massachusetts-golf-course","tag-south-shore-golf-course-rules","tag-south-shore-golf-course-safety-issues","tag-south-shore-massachusetts-golf","tag-sports","tag-the-driftway-scituate-ma","tag-vandalism-impacting-local-golf-courses","tag-walk-the-walk-twilight-golf-rules","tag-why-widows-walk-changed-golf-rules","tag-widows-walk-golf-course-scituate","tag-widows-walk-golf-course-vandalism","tag-widows-walk-policy-changes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=614206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614206\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/614207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=614206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=614206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=614206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}