Report: Michael Jordan considering building his own golf course
Michael Jordan is a busy man, and he doesn’t have time for slow golf.
The problem is that the pace at Bear’s Club in Jupiter, Fla., where Jordan is a member and off which he owns a home, is too slow for the 52-year-old legend. What’s his rumored solution? Building his own ultra-private golf club with a membership he can hand-pick.
Jordan has secured an option to purchase a plot of land in Hobe Sound, just south of Medalist Golf Club, another Jupiter club which counts Tiger Woods and Rickie Fowler among its members, according to Golf.com.
“He’s going to keep [membership] small, probably fewer than a hundred,” a source told the publication. “Fellow athletes, buddies and other people who come highly recommended.”
Former PGA Tour player Brad Faxon told Golf.com he had once scouted that same property for a potential practice facility and said is lacks the infrastructure and topography to make development easier.
“If you did something there, it would have to be pretty special,” Faxon said.
Money is no object for Jordan, who is majority owner of the NBA’s Charlotte Bobcats. A 2014 Forbes report pegs Jordan’s net worth at $1 billion.
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