Two men in a white Holden Colorado backed the car through the glass front doors about 2.45am Friday.

Detective Inspector Winston Woodward said the ram raid shattered the glass and damaged the building’s carpet and ceiling.

“They’ve actually put the rear of the car up on the ATM, unabling them from being able to drive from the scene, because it’s not a four-wheel drive, it’s only a rear-wheel drive,” he said.

“No cash was stolen from the ATM.”

The alleged offenders fled the scene on foot, but police arrested a 22-year-old Wodonga man and 22-year-old Thurgoona man 40 minutes later.

Club manager Adam Fitzgerald was notified by the security company and quickly arrived at the scene to see the smashed glass everywhere.

He said the damage bill would be quite high.

“There won’t be much change out of $10,000 I don’t think, but we’re not sure until we get some official quotes,” Mr Fitzgerald said.

“It’s a bit of a clean up, it’s put our ATM out of action.”

CCTV footage of the incident has been provided to police.

“It’s disappointing in this area, in this sort of community, there’s people around who would do that sort of damage to that extent – putting a car through the front doors – it’s pretty extreme,” Mr Fitzgerald said.

The golf club was the target of another break-in on January 31 last year. when a burglar used a small bar to break through the front doors and successfully open the ATM as another person waited in a car.

Golfers started arriving as the club opened at 10am Friday to see the glass doors being replaced.

Detective Inspector Woodward said the two men would be charged with aggravated break and enter, plus would be investigated for the theft of the Colorado from the Wodonga Leisure Centre on Monday and unrelated property and assault offences in both Wodonga and Albury.

“A ram raid offence is very serious - we would not encourage anybody to commit this type of offence, it is a very dangerous offence and the use of a stolen vehicle is also very dangerous and serious,” he said.

“It was quick-thinking by police officers to put a couple of lines of inquiry together has resulted in the arrest of two males … Both Albury police and Wodonga police work very closely together in the sharing of information.

“It’s the sharing of information and the lines of communication between the both of us that makes jobs like this a success.”

The men were remanded in custody to face Albury Local Court on Saturday morning.