A good walk spoiled: $4,700 in golf gear snatched after round

Even if you shoot a personal best score, your round is likely ruined if it ends with $4,700 in golf equipment stolen.

That’s precisely what happened to four friends Monday afternoon at the Robert Trent Jones golf course at Palmetto Dunes on Hilton Head Island, according to a Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office report released Thursday.

After the friends finished playing, “an employee of the golf club took possession of (their equipment) and delivered it to the front of the club(house) to be stowed in the provided golf club holders,” the report said.

The group went inside the clubhouse, and when they went back out “to retrieve their golf bags ... (they) noticed they were gone,” the report said.

The employee told deputies he followed club policy while handling the bags and “did not notice anything or anyone unusual in the area.”

Deputies were unable to find any useful security camera footage, witnesses or evidence, according to the report.

This story was originally published May 26, 2016 at 4:16 PM with the headline "A good walk spoiled: $4,700 in golf gear snatched after round."