Two "professional" burglars have been jailed for a series of raids on golf clubs.
Daniel Lloyd, 43, and Joe McCaughey, 26, were found guilty of conspiracy to burgle following a three-week trial at Birmingham Crown Court. They received five and three years respectively.
The pair, who posed as golfers and brazenly raided lockers, were responsible for at least 36 separate burglaries in 17 counties, including Prestbury Golf Club in May 2009 and Wilmslow Golf Club in June 2009.
They moved around clubhouses in golf attire and even chatted to other golfers. When they gained access to the changing rooms, which they sometimes did by duping members of staff, they stole full sets of golf clubs (cherry-picking the more expensive ones), shoes, and clothing.
The duo were caught following an investigation by the National Crime Agency, during which they discovered that Lloyd and McCaughey were in fact the subjects of a wanted appeal by police which featured on BBC's Crimewatch in 2010.
Steve Baldwin, NCA Head of Regional Investigations, said: "These men were professional burglars who tried to mask their identities by avoiding CCTV cameras, changing their clothes to enter the same clubs over and over again, and using false number plates on their vehicles.
"When we discovered they were the wanted men from the appeal, the NCA worked with police forces and golf clubs across the country to gather evidence.
"We proved they had stolen equipment from hundreds of golfers, which they disposed of here and overseas. Our focus is now the financial side of the investigation and stripping them of their assets."
Officers believe Lloyd funded his lifestyle by committing crime as there are no tax records to support his claim that he was a businessman involved in property and car deals. In addition to his luxury house, which is worth over £800,000, he drove high value vehicles including a Bentley and a Range Rover.
Although evidence relating to 36 golf clubs burglaries was used during the trial, officers believe Lloyd, from Keston, and McCaughey, from Croydon, were responsible for many more and could have raided up to a 1,000 lockers and stolen equipment worth over £750,000.
