Since he announced his retirement as the all-time great basketball player, Michael Jordan has maintained a quiet profile. However, we do occasionally get a brief peek into his lavish existence as the richest athlete of all time.
Jordan is known to be extremely competitive even in retirement. We know that with his billions, he has gotten more and more charitable. We are aware of his passion for cigars. We also know that he enjoys sipping Cincoro tequila and playing golf.
Now, at the members’ event at Jordan’s own private golf course, those final two components have crossed over.
The Grove XXIII golf club in Hobe Sound, Florida, is kept well hidden, just like Jordan. Fortunately for us, though, those who play the course known as “Slaughterhouse XXIII” or are members like to MJ’s dismay, probably, to discuss the encounter.
The latest nugget about the course comes from PGA Tour golfer and 2011 PGA Championship winner Keegan Bradley.
During the recent Tour Championship, Bradley gave the Golf Channel a tour of his office and all the memorabilia he keeps there. One of the items he showed off was the “trophy” he won as Jordan’s partner for finishing first in the Grove XXIII members’ tournament — a bottle of tequila.
But it was not just any bottle. It is a 1.75-liter bottle of Jordan’s Cincoro Extra Añejo tequila in a special case with several glasses.
A cursory search online shows that the larger bottle typically has a retail price of approximately $4,000. The more typical 750 ml size goes for about $1,500 per bottle.
Bradley did not say when he won the trophy. However, a list of names participating in the 2021 tournament was leaked that year, and Bradley was listed as Jordan’s playing partner.
That year’s tournament would have made some PGA events envious. Other pro golfers in the tourney that year were Rickie Fowler, Justin Thomas, Rory McIlroy, and Dustin Johnson.
This is not the first time that MJ’s tequila took on a starring role.
In 2020, during ESPN’s “The Last Dance” docuseries about the 1997-98 Chicago Bulls, Jordan was often seen with a glass of Cincoro tequila during his sit-down interviews with the producers.