It’s 7 a.m. at the Ryder Cup and Michael Jordan still has his cigar

Having Michael Jordan inside the ropes is a Ryder Cup tradition at this point. Jordan typically starts each session posted up on the first tee, and then he’s seen patrolling the fairways and zipping around in a golf cart all day. And he always, always has his cigar. Even at 7 a.m. in Scotland.

This is Jordan’s look every time he’s on a golf course, but I was still impressed to see him stand there with it for an interview as the sun was still coming up at Gleneagles. While this may have been more impressive, it certainly wasn’t the coolest photo of Jordan puffing on his cigar this week.

Jordan spent the entire morning loitering around the first tee, where he wasn’t inconspicuously blending in.