Masters 2025: Ex-Augusta staff to spend a year in jail, pay $3.4M in restitution for stealing three Green Jackets

Ex-Augusta staff to spend a year in jail, pay $3.4M in restitution for stealing three Green Jackets

Modified Mar 21, 2025 04:38 GMT

Syndication: USA TODAY - Source: Imagn — Masters memorabilia were stolen at Augusta National (Image Source: Imagn)

Augusta National staff was recently sentenced to one year after he was found guilty of stealing three Green Jackets. He was also ordered to compensate $3.4 million to the Augusta National Golf Club.

Richard Globensky, a 40-year-old ex-warehouse assistant at Augusta National Club, worked from 2009 to 2022. During his time at the coveted golf club, he stole millions of dollars worth of Masters golf tournament memorabilia.

The stolen items also included the green jackets of Arnold Palmer, Ben Hogan, and Gene Sarazen, respectively. Globensky sold them with the help of Florida online brokers for a whopping $5.3 million.

Last year, Globensky pleaded guilty in the US District Court in Chicago to transporting and transferring stolen items in interstate commerce. On Wednesday, March 19, US District Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman sentenced him to one year of prison time. Besides he was also ordered to pay $3,448,842 in restitution to Augusta National.

"The funds Globensky obtained enabled him and his spouse to live a lifestyle far beyond their means," Assistant US Attorney Brian Hayes was quoted as saying via official press release. "The manner in which he spent the proceeds suggests greed was his primary motivation for committing the offense."