Donald Trump’s golf clubs up for auction

A set of golf clubs owned by Donald Trump is up for auction, with an estimated value of $30,000.

The set is owned by former Trump National caddie master Andrew Lombardo, who has held onto the clubs for the past ten years, but has now seen the opportunity for some easy money.

Whilst RR Auctions estimates the value of the clubs at $30,000, there has only been one bid of $8,000 to date.

Trump being Trump, he didn’t actually have to shell out for the clubs in the first place, as they were apparently a gift from TaylorMade’s former CEO Mark King.

Here’s an extract from the citation for the lot:

“Donald Trump’s personally-–owned and –used full set of TaylorMade RAC TP Forged Irons, 3–PW, gifted to his personal caddie, Andrew Lombardo, at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey. Each iron features a True Temper Dynamic Gold S300 shaft with red–and–black Golf Pride Dual Durometer grip, and the hosel of each clubhead is engraved, “D. Trump.”

In fine condition, with expected light signs of use. From 2004 to 2008, Andrew Lombardo served as Assistant Caddie Master and Director of Outdoor Operations while employed at Bedminster, caddying for Trump over 100 times from the day the club first opened until his resignation in 2008, including twice during the filming of The Apprentice. According to Lombardo, Trump exclusively used these irons for a two–and–a–half-month period while playing with and against a variety of celebrities, powerful business people, and golf professionals at Bedminster. 

Accompanied by a notarized letter of provenance from Lombardo, in part: “The set of TaylorMade TP Rac’s with (D. Trump) engraved on them were given to Mr Trump by the TaylorMade CEO Mark King at the TaylorMade Media Day we had at Trump National Golf Club - Bedminster when we became a TaylorMade club and the clubs were used by Mr Trump for the rest of the season. The clubs were put in our bag room for the winter and next season Mr Trump had a new set of clubs from TaylorMade. I knew the first set of irons were special and so beautiful, they were the only set of forged blades, the first set that TaylorMade gave to Mr Trump and the only set that had (D. Trump) engraved on them, all the sets after that I saw were cavity backed with (DJT1) engraved on them.

I waited for the right moment to ask Mr Trump for the clubs, I personally asked Mr Trump and he told me to ask the head pro (Mickie Gallagher), which I did and he said yes. I had the irons in my possession for about 11 or 12 years…To the best of my memory, Mark King gave the clubs to Mr Trump in August or September of 2004 or 2005.”

Also accompanied by images of Lombardo posing with Trump, pro golfer Natalie Gulbis, and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, as well as several others of Trump on the links; all were taken at Trump National Golf Club, Bedminster, with the exception of the Giuliani photo, which is from Trump International Golf Club, West Palm Beach. 

Supported by their rock solid provenance, these Trump–used irons are of the utmost rarity and represent the well-documented relationship between the sport of golf and the nation’s commander–in–chief.”

If I were looking for some pre-owned clubs I think I’d stick to EBay.

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