Gary Player says son/ex-manager put his trophies, memorabilia up for auction: 'These items belong to me'

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Golf legend Gary Player issued a statement Monday on social media alerting fans that his son and former manager, Marc Player, had been selling "several trophies and other pieces of memorabilia" belonging to him without his consent.

"I would like to draw the public’s attention to the fact that several trophies and other pieces of memorabilia that form part of my legacy have been put up for auction by my son and ex-manager, Marc," the statement read."

Gary Player and his son, Marc Player, are shown at East Lake Golf Club during The Tour Championship in Atlanta, Georgia, on Nov. 1, 2006. (Stan Badz/PGA)

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"These items belong to me and I have taken action to recover them. I have placed no items for sale — whether by auction or otherwise."

The stunt pulled by Marc Player comes a little more than a year after Player’s other son, Wayne, received a lifetime ban from the Masters after seemingly deploying a marketing stunt — in poor taste — while serving as a caddie for his father during the opening ceremony of the tournament honoring Lee Elder as the first Black player to participate in the event.

Honorary starter Lee Elder, left, gestures as he is introduced and applauded by honorary starters Gary Player and Jack Nicklaus, right, before the ceremonial tee shots to begin the Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga., April 8, 2021. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

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"It was wrong," Player said of his son’s action at the time. "I said to Augusta, ‘Listen, a man’s got to take his