Arnold Palmer’s Inexperienced Jacket reportedly amongst objects stolen from Augusta Nationwide Golf Membership

Legendary golfer Arnold Parlmer’s inexperienced jacket was reportedly among the many objects stolen from Augusta Nationwide Golf Membership throughout a 13-year span, according to cllct’s Darren Rovell. Palmer earned the jacket as a four-time Masters champion.

Palmer’s Inexperienced Jacket was not talked about by federal investigators, nor was the merchandise being lacking acknowledged by Augusta Nationwide Golf Membership officers.

Richard Brendan Globensky was charged by federal authorities this week, accused of transporting and transferring thousands and thousands of {dollars} of stolen merchandise and memorabilia from Augusta Nationwide Golf Membership from 2009 to 2022. In response to federal charging paperwork, Globensky moved the objects from Augusta, Georgia to Tampa, Florida. Federal officers imagine Globensky knew the objects had been stolen when he transported them.

Globensky had entry to the merchandise and memorabilia as a former warehouse coordinator at Augusta Nationwide who oversaw the Masters merchandise that was offered yearly, the Chicago Tribune reported.

The jacket was recovered throughout a 2022 FBI operation wherein a personal sale was organized. A member of Augusta Nationwide knew Palmer’s jacket was lacking and reached out to a collector who had a repute for locating uncommon objects. The intention was to retrieve the jacket underneath the pretense of a sale, based on cllct.

The jacket was discovered and verified to be professional and a sale for $3.6 million was organized. The client and collector met the vendor and a deposit was paid to take the jacket. Upon leaving the vendor’s home, the 2 had been approached by FBI brokers and the jacket was seized. Federal brokers additionally questioned the sellers.

Following Palmer’s demise in 2016 on the age of 87, Augusta Nationwide honored the four-time champion by draping his jacket on a chair sitting on the course throughout the Masters. Palmer had a number of Inexperienced Jackets and the one which was stolen (believed to be from his 1958 Masters victory) was not amongst his precise winner’s jackets.