The basketball legend is one step closer to building his first golf course after presenting the basic plans at a Martin County, Fla., workshop. In addition to Jordan, 25 other investors will contribute $1 million each, and unnamed sources said the golf course would have a similar feel to Medalist Golf Club, also in Hobe Sound.
Michael Jordan’s plan of building his first golf course moved a step closer to the first tee on October 27 when his team presented basic plans at a Martin County, Fla., workshop for the golf course to be built in Hobe Sound, Fla., the Stuart, Fla., TC Palm reported.
“It’s going to be Michael’s joint,” a source told TC Palm. “Twenty-five other guys are putting up $1 million, but he’s the one who makes the rules. It will be celebrity laden.”
Two other unnamed sources have confirmed that Jordan is involved in the proposed course. The unnamed sources spoke on the condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to release details, the Palm reported.
Jordan’s club would have a decided feel of Medalist Golf Club, also in Hobe Sound, where Jordan was a member, as well at The Bear’s Club in Jupiter, where he lives. That became apparent Thursday when De Mudd, a former president at Medalist GC, was among those who presented the plans (Mudd wouldn’t comment at the meeting or respond to a call), the Palm reported.
Mudd was involved in a public spat with Medalist founder Greg Norman three years ago. Mudd eventually lost a power struggle and left The Medalist, the Palm reported.
The designer of Jordan’s new course, it was revealed Thursday, would be Bobby Weed, who recently finished a renovation at Medalist GC (over Norman’s objection), the Palm reported.
It’s been known for several years that Jordan wanted to build his own club. There were stories he was upset with the speed-of-play issues at The Bear’s Club, but he said that wasn’t the case. If it was, he points out, he wouldn’t have bought a mansion at Jack Nicklaus’ private enclave, the Palm reported.
But Jordan wants to do what he wants to do on a golf course—which is smoke cigars, play loud music, have seven guys in a group and wear whatever he wants (he was once asked to leave a course in Miami because he was wearing cargo shorts)—and he can’t do that anywhere, the Palm reported.
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