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JULY 4, 2024 | VOLUME 36 | NUMBER 26
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Percy Warner Golf Course reopens after two years, $2.5 million in renovations BY TOM WOOD
Crime scene at Bellevue West Apartments
PHOTO: MNPD
Nashville man killed by police in Bellevue on June 27 BY HAMILTON MATT MASTERS
A 25-year-old man was shot and killed by Metro Nashville Police in Bellevue early on the morning of June 27. According to MNPD, West Precinct officers responded to the Bellevue West Apartments at approximately 4:10 a.m. after a 27-year-old man was stabbed by his 25-year-old brother. On the 911 call, the 27-year-old man said his brother was having a “manic episode.”
Police identified the deceased man as 25-year-old Max Van Sickle, “who was armed with a large knife as he rushed down a West Nashville apartment complex stairwell toward officers.” The unidentified stabbing victim was hospitalized with “non-life-threatening wounds.” Police released body-worn camera footage of the incident as well as a recording of the
911 call that can be viewed online on the MNPD’s YouTube page. The video also contains recorded statements from MNPD spokesperson Don Aaron. The three officers involved in the shooting have been placed on “routine administrative assignment” while the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation investigates the shooting.
What’s old is new again. At least, that’s the case for scenic Percy Warner Golf Course, which opened in 1937 and hadn’t seen many changes over decades until two years ago when the nine-hole course was shuttered for a complete $2.5 million makeover. Renovations were completed last October but the course didn’t reopen to the public until last Saturday, giving the new hybrid Bermuda greens time to fill in. “Percy Warner has reached its potential,” head pro Kevin Forte said. “A lot of people who played here over the years always saw a lot of potential in this golf course. This renovation project just helped it get there.” Only one hole changed as far as the layout and the routing, according to Forte. Routing is a term used in course design to refer to how the golf architect lays out holes from tee box and pin placements to where bunkers and hazards are placed to undulations of the green. “We changed the sixth hole from a par 4 to a par 3 … as part of being in the neighborhood community,” Forte said. “There are some houses over there … getting hit by stray golf balls. So we wanted to try to eliminate that while we could. “But other than that, the routing and everything is the same. You won’t recognize much of the old golf course; it’s just the irrigation (system). The turf conditions have drastically improved with all-new greens — modern green complexes with undulations (and) bunkering. “So it’s just a total package renovation. The golf course is just fabulous and even though the layout is still the same, everything about it is different.” Former Percy Warner pro Jerry Shively, who hit the ceremonial tee shot for the grand reopening, says renovations were >> PAGE 2
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