‘Call Him a Friend’ : PGA Tour Winner Rickie Fowler Reveals Experince Playing Golf Alongside Michael Jordan

Most NBA athletes play close to 90 games a year (adding the scrimmages and the playoffs). That is too much of one sport and hence they resort to different activities when free. For Klay Thompson, it can be boating, for Luka Doncic, it’s football, but for Michael Jordan, it has always been Golf. And he is so good, even the pros speak highly of his talent.

In MJ’s The Last Dance, the world saw how his obsession for golfing and inclination towards gambling pushed him into deep waters. But nothing that could deter Air Jordan from following his passion and later sharing the greenfield with golfing legends. One such notable golfer who shared the space with MJ is Rickie Fowler.

Rickie Fowler turned out to be a die-hard Michael Jordan fan

In a recent interview, the five-time PGA Tour winner, Rickie Fowler, revealed how he felt when he first played alongside the NBA legend. He expressed with a smile on his face, “For people when it’s their first time playing him… it’s Michael Jordan. I’m lucky enough to call him a friend. We played a decent amount, probably try and play with him here a couple of times in the next week and a half before we go out there for the tournament.” 

Rickie did not just stop there as he even praised MJ’s skills that help the golfing sensation get better. The 32-YO added, “I think it’s very beneficial for me. One, you’re playing against MJ, one of the most clutch guys there is. He’s good, especially when you get him around the greens and putting, he’ll putt anyone straight up.”

Notably, Rickie was just a 9-YO kid when MJ had quit the Bulls as a six-time NBA Champion. He then became a notable name in amateur golf as a teenager but failed to achieve the success everyone thought he would. 

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When Big Rick made an interesting statement on MJ’s golf course

His Highness Air Jordan is the first-ever billionaire athlete in the world. Meaning to say, he has enough to call his cars as his toys, his mansions as his huts, and his golf course as his own. In reality, he owns a golf course named The Grove XXIII in Hobe Sound, Florida. Now interestingly, the new course is popular for being one of the toughest on the golfing professionals.

Michael Jordan has reportedly got it designed in a clever manner to support his personal playing style. In fact, the pros community has tagged the course as “Slaughterhouse XXII” for supporting the short hitters and punishing the long hitters. 

The lavish club, which opened in 2019, has 100 exclusive members and Rick is one of them. In a March interview, Rick had said this about playing against MJ, “He can basically hit driver on all the par 4, par 5s. And if I want to hit driver, I have to kind of put it into a bit of a tighter spot. I can obviously play back if I want, but that becomes a little bit of a disadvantage, especially if it’s a hole where he’s getting a stroke on.”

Well, by hook or crook, MJ’s competitiveness won’t let him loose at his home ground and hence one such fairway. Do you like the MJ that plays Golf more than the Jordan that played baseball? Help us know in the comments.

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