Michael Jordan was quite the basketball player, golfer, and… gambler. Combine all three and you’ve got yourself one heck of a story.
Jeremy Roenick joined 670 The Score on Friday and shared a wild experience he had with Jordan at Sunset Ridge Country Club. According to Roenick, the two played 36 holes of golf together (and some) on a Bulls gameday. But obviously there’s more to it than just that…
The following is a transcription from For The Win:
“This was like end of the season for us, end of the season for them. I get a call from Michael, ‘meet me at Sunset Ridge early, we’re going to go play 18 holes.’ We didn’t have a game, we actually had a day off. So I meet him at Sunset Ridge… we played a round, beat him for a couple thousand, and I’m getting ready to leave. Now, the Bulls are playing that night. They play Cleveland, that night. So I’m thinking he’s leaving, it’s 10:00, he’s like ‘no, let’s go play again.’
So we fill up a bag full of ice and Coors Light and we walk again. We roll around another 18 and I take him for another couple. We’ve been drinking all afternoon. Now he’s going from Sunset Ridge to the stadium to play a game.
And I’m like messing around, I’m like ‘I’m going to call my bookie, all the money you just lost to me I’m putting on Cleveland tonight.’
He goes ‘I’ll tell you what. I’ll bet you that we win by 20 points and I have more than 40.’ I’m like ‘done.’
Son of a gun goes out, scores 52 and they win by 26 or something… after [36] holes of golf and having maybe 10 Bud Lights. The man, to me, is the best athlete that I’ve ever seen.”
Wow… just wow.
Roenick believes the game happened between 1992-93, so this could be the Cavs-Bulls game on March 28th in which he dropped 44 points in a 126-102 win. This probably isn’t the best thing to do on gameday but hey, whatever works.
(H/T FTW)
