Shoe scam reported at area golf shops

Two local country clubs have reported a similar attempted scam involving golf shoes.
At Rolling Hills Country Club in McMurray and Lone Pine Country Club in Washington, a man described in his mid 50s, medium height and unshaven, walked into the pro shop at both clubs with a pair of men’s golf shoes. He then asked the person behind the counter to hold them for him, and said his wife would be in later to complete the transaction.
“He left us the shoes with a note (Aug. 4) to hold for the Morgan family,” said Nick Domachowski, assistant golf pro at Lone Pine. “He said his wife would be in later that day to complete the transaction. No one showed up.” He claimed the shoes belonged to a family member who died.
The following day, Wednesday, Aug. 5, the man called the Lone Pine pro shop and tried to get the price of the shoes credited to a Visa card, Domachowski said. Employees at the shop became suspicious and did not complete the transaction.
The scenario was similar at Rolling Hills, according to the Peters Township police.
On Aug. 5, a man, with a similar description, walked into the Rolling Hills pro shop with a pair of golf shoes he claimed to have won and wanted to return them, said Captain Michael Yanchak of the Peters police.
“He asked to leave the shoes behind the counter and said his wife would be in later,” Yanchak said.
Shop employees became suspicious and discovered the pair of shoes had been taken from a display in the corner of the shop, Yanchak said. They then began calling pro shops at area country clubs to see if a similar incident had taken place.
The Rolling Hills incident remains under investigation, Yanchak said.