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Went through the same crap earlier this year (in Garland). Found my clubs on eBay about a week later, and traced them to a golf resale shop in Garland. I knew that the clubs listed on the website were mine bc I had just put new grips on my irons and putter.
I worked with my detective with garland PD, and gave him links to all of the ebay pages of my clubs. He contacted the golf shop and figured out that all of the clubs on the webpages I had sent him were brought in by the same person (a woman). Turns out, it was a boyfriend/girlfriend combo, heavy herion users (shocker). The man didn't have a DL, so he made the woman bring in the clubs.
They sold everything, (including expensive range finder in my bag) for a whopping 150 bucks. About a week after I got my clubs back, the detective called me and let me know that they had picked up both thieves.
It was a major hassle and I wasted a ton of time on this, but totally worth it to know that those people got busted.
As the owner of several pawnshops in DFW I can honestly say that it's very easy to spot stolen golf clubs. They're not like a Playstation 4 where anyone with a couple hundred dollars can get one. Golfers are typically more disciplined with their money, they hardly sell their clubs for way less than they're worth and above all they know what they're selling. I can't tell you how many times I've made thieves look stupid by simply asking them what wedges they use. Because of this I think I have a grand total of two sets of golf clubs in three of my stores. The clubs we see are usually early 90's hogans that people think are worth several hundred dollars or they're stolen. Occasionally i'll get a nice set of clubs that are legit, but the owners almost always pick them back up.
Back to my point, the owners of this shop should be ashamed for taking these clubs from what it sounds like an obvious thief. They can't claim ignorance because they're golf club re-sellers, that's their exact business so they most likely knew they were stolen but didn't care.