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Ex-Augusta employee allegedly transported ‘millions’ worth of stolen Masters memorabilia — including Arnold Palmer Jacket

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Ex-Augusta employee allegedly transported ‘millions’ worth of stolen Masters memorabilia — including Arnold Palmer Jacket


Former Augusta National Golf Club warehouse coordinator Richard Brendan Globensky has been accused of transporting millions of dollars of stolen memorabilia related to The Masters.

Globensky, 39, allegedly carried out the scheme from 2009-22, transporting the stolen merchandise to Florida for the purposes of resale.

He is set to plead guilty on May 15, according to court documents cited by the Chicago Tribune.

Richard Globensky has been charged in federal court in Illinois in the transport of millions of dollars worth of Masters golf tournament merchandise and memorabilia stolen from Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia, according to court documents filed Tuesday, April 16, 2024. AP

Globensky is accused of stealing “millions of dollars’ worth of Masters golf tournament merchandise and historical memorabilia” from Augusta National and is alleged to have transported the stolen goods to Tampa, “knowing the same had been stolen, converted and taken by fraud.”

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The charging documents did not specify what memorabilia was stolen.

However, Darren Rovell reported at Cllct that one of the items Globensky allegedly stole was Arnold Palmer’s green jacket.

The report says that an Augusta member sought the help of a middleman known to be able to locate rare memorabilia to find the jacket, for the purposes of returning it to the famous golf club.

The jacket was eventually located and the buyer agreed to purchase it for $3.6 million last March.

When the transaction went down at the seller’s home, the FBI “swarmed” the scene and “interrogated” the seller, the report said.

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The jacket was ultimately seized by the feds.


Arnold Palmer's green jacket was reportedly one of the items stolen from Augusta National.
Arnold Palmer’s green jacket was reportedly one of the items stolen from Augusta National. AP

The Tribune cited real estate records as showing that Globensky and his wife sold their expansive home in Evans, Ga. for $2 million last year.

The home contains six bedrooms, is 7,300-square-foot and includes an in-ground pool and an outdoor putting green.

He currently works as a mortgage broker.

Augusta National is fiercely protective of its memorabilia, and the green jackets are never supposed to leave the club’s grounds.

In 2017, Augusta National filed a lawsuit against a Florida company seeking to stop the sale of the green jackets of one former champion and two members of the club, according to the Associated Press.

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From Augusta roots to Nighthawks leader: Nolan Belcher comes home

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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF)- Augusta University baseball is in a three-game series matchup against the University of North Georgia.

AU is currently down in the series 0-2 after a close loss Friday and a loss Saturday.

But we aren’t focusing on the Jags, we’re going to take a look at North Georgia’s head coach, Nolan Belcher.

He is an Augusta native who began his career at Greenbrier and Augusta Christian.

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He won three state championships, which then led him to play for the South Carolina Gamecocks.

There he won back-to-back national championships and finished runner up in 2012.

His coaching career began after that where he eventually joined the Peach belt Confrence, coaching at USCA and GCSU.

Now in his first season as head coach for the Nighthawks, he is happy to come home and coach in front of his friends and family.

“I’m very fortunate that I got family that, one is still around and they can come watch me do what I love. And, they’ve shown me, nothing but support throughout my whole coaching career and even back on my playing dates are very thankful and appreciative for everything they’ve done for me.”

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AU and UNG will have their final series match on Sunday.



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One dead following a shooting in Richmond County

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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – The Richmond County Coroner’s Office said a person has died after a shooting on Division Street Saturday afternoon.

Officials say the shooting happened at the 2100 block around 4 p.m.

The victim was shot at least one time and taken to Wellstar MCG, where he later died, the coroner’s office says.

The sheriff’s office also went to Division Street at approximately 4 p.m. in reference to the incident, deputies say.

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An autopsy has been scheduled.

No further information is available at this time.



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