ATM stolen from Thaxted Park Golf Club, Morphett Vale

Thieves in a stolen car have made off with an ATM full of cash from a golf course in the southern suburbs before setting the car on fire. See the damage.

An ATM was stolen from a golf course clubroom in the southern suburbs on Tuesday morning.

Police were called to the Thaxted Park Golf Course on Golf Course Drive near Panalatinga Road in Morphett Vale after an alarm activated about 5.10am.

Patrols arrived to find the doors of the clubrooms had been smashed by a car.

The car was reportedly used to remove the ATM machine from inside the club, and also damaged golfing memorabilia.

Club president Jamie Dunniecliff said the amount of money in the ATM, has not yet been determined.

“There’ll be a few thousand dollars in repairing the doors and the windows, so it will take a little bit of time to get around that and hopefully there wasn’t too much money in the ATM,” Mr Dunniecliff told 7News.

A Woodcroft golf club has been damaged in a brazen ram-raid during which thieves stole an ATM. The course will be closed for several days. @haydennelson#7NEWSpic.twitter.com/i3ASJtTbtc

— 7NEWS Adelaide (@7NewsAdelaide) September 19, 2023

However, police do not know what direction the red Nissan Pathfinder station wagon travelled.

Further checks revealed the car, with registration of WFY479, was stolen from a Modbury Heights property.

It was later set on fire and found on Marshall Road, Cherry Gardens.

Police are urging anyone with information about the break-in to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.