South African {golfing} legend Gary Player launched an announcement on Monday saying he had taken motion to get well trophies and memorabilia that had been put up for public sale by his son and former supervisor Marc Player.
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Gary, who’s a nine-time main winner and South Africa’s best ever sportsman, claimed in a social media publish that Marc had positioned a number of gadgets from his profession up for public sale with out his authorisation.
“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,” Player’s statement learn.
“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.”
However, Marc has hit back by his lawyer Darren Heitner to say the accusations smack of a “continued petty effort by Gary’s advisors to besmirch Marc’s name and reputation wherever possible”.
“Many of these items were scattered around the world or not actually won by Gary Player but commissioned by Marc Player from artists or purchased from various other collectors,” the assertion learn.
“The agreement between Gary and his son was simply that, if this Christie’s collection was ever to be sold, they would split the proceeds equally given the time, effort and cost involved related to Marc’s efforts,” the assertion continued.
“To date, Marc has not received any compensation whatsoever. For Gary to claim these other items belong to him and that he has never sold trophies or memorabilia is simply not true, and to then interfere in Marc’s personal collection [is legally wrong].”
Player and his son have been at loggerheads for years.
In 2020, Gary Player, who will flip 87 on 1 November this yr, obtained a $5 million settlement payment after coming into into an arbitration dispute with the Gary Player Group over possession and naming rights.
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The Gary Player Group firm was operated by Marc Player.
Meanwhile, one other of Player’s sons, Wayne, was banned for all times from the Masters after a cheesy ambush advertising stunt forward of the 2021 match.
As reported by The South African web site at the time, Wayne, who was serving as his father’s “caddy” for the ceremonial opening tee pictures, stood holding a sleeve of golf balls in such a means as to present the brand most visibility and publicity.
