Yesterday, former Augusta National warehouse employee Brendan Globensky was sentenced to a year in prison. The basic facts have been out for a while. For over a decade, he stole merchandise and sold it to an authorized reseller website. If not for also taking historical memorabilia—including Ben Hogan and Arnold Palmer’s green jackets—Globensky might have gotten away with it.
How did he evade detection? When did Augusta National first realize they were being stolen from? How did the FBI set up a sting to recover Arnie’s jacket? Why hasn’t anyone else involved been arrested yet?
Golf Digest Editorial Director Max Adler reported this wild story through interviews with Globensky, collectors, confidential sources, text messages, court documents and more. This 4,000-word longform investigative feature is only being made available to Golf Digest+ members.
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