ON 5-26-2012 AT APPROXIMATELY 1430 HOURS A 25' PONTOON (UNIT 1)  STRUCK GROUND ON THE ROCK PILE WHILE TRAVELING SOUTH IN NIVENS CREEK ON LAKE WYLIE. A HAZARD BUOY WAS MISSING AND HIT THE ROCK PILE CAUSING ABOUT $2500.00 IN DAMAGE TO THE LOWER UNIT OF THE OUTBOARD. THERE WERE NO INJURIES SCDNR WAS NOTIFIED AND THE BUOY HAS BEEN REPLACED.