Posted on 12/23/2022 12:05:26 AM PST by nickcarraway
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Earlier this year, the 87-year-old Player sued his son, Marc, for selling memorabilia without his permission.
The Palm Beach Post reports that the golf legend has now also sued his grandson, Damian, who is Marc’s son, with a suit filed in Florida in November.
Already sold in 2021 auctions against Gary Player’s wishes were his 1974 Masters Tournament trophy for $523,483, South African Open trophy for $48,841, 1965 U.S. Open irons for $17,947 and his golf shoes from his 52nd Masters for $1,171, according to court filings, per the outlet. Gary Player severed his business relationship with his son Marc in 2019, according to the father’s attorney, Stuart Singer.
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Son and grandson had better be able to cough pall the money they got....Otherwise,it is prison time....
His son and grandson have taken greed to newer level.
Player doesn’t want money, he wants his possessions back.
They have indeed.
There was another story in the news recently about New England Pats DT Vince Wilfork’s adult son illegally selling off his Super Bowl and NCAA Championship rings. Ungrateful adult children apparently are not uncommon for former pro sports stars.
With the rise of LIV golf and the descent of the PGA trying to compete dollar-for-dollar with LIV it seems that golf is now like every other sport: just about the Benjamins.
His parents used his money to buy houses and other things in their name. But they did worse than that. He had a $30.5 million contract, and they borrowed against all his future earnings, at a usurious rate.
His mother got $15 million from doing this. He was eventually sued by creditors he didn't know he had.
He had assets of $50k, and debts of between $10 million and $15 million.
He made an agreement that the vast majority went to servicing his debt. He had a salary of $5 million that year, but he, his wife and children had to live on $246,000 a year going forward, making him the lowest payed player in the NHL.
He cut off contact with his parents, but refused to press charges. (I think that was a mistake.)
It would be interesting to see his parents interviewed.
I knew a child whose parents took student loans out in the child’s name and blew hundreds of thousands of dollars. Child was overwhelmed.
There are thieves of all types.
I noticed that the Green Jacket he removed from Augusta National wasn’t listed... as well as the letter The Chairman wrote, telling him to bring it back.
His son and grandson sound like trash.
just about the Benjamins
Byron Nelson said he had to win his first golf tournament in the 1930s so the family could buy a tractor for his farm.
He’s 87, at some point, those possessions will be sold again, by his greedy, ungrateful kids. Hardly worth the fight.
He may have been thinking of donating those someplace rather than giving them to them. Given what he knows now he will leave nothing to them.
It sure wouldn’t be the first time, nor will it be the last time either I reckon.
If they sold them, without his authorization, they stole them. He should have prosecuted, my kids know I would, but they were raised to have respect, and wouldn’t do such a thing.
I assume he gave the trophies to them. Did he just loan them so they could display them? They should have waited until he died. Perhaps they needed the money.
What is a trophy your grandfather won worth? Great grandfather? and so on. To be honest, I wouldn’t pay over scrap value for them. Ditto, his little league trophies.
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