Tiger Woods’ first U.S. course design in Houston opened recently to acclaim, and Tiger’s one-time pal and golf junkie Michael Jordan is no doubt excited to give the track a twirl. If he does tee it up on Tiger’s new turf, the NBA legend and Ryder Cup enthusiast need not worry about those cargo shorts that had the Miami country club set in such a dither a couple years back.
Michael Jordan’s cargo shorts welcome at Tiger Woods’ fancy new golf course
Tiger Woods’ first course project in the U.S. includes Augusta-like features, a mini Fenway Park, tree houses for guests and NO DRESS CODE.
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That’s because there’s no dress code at Bluejack National.
“There is a relaxed feel,” famed golf instructor Dave Stockton Jr. told Golf Digest. “If you want to wear jeans, fine. You want to wear your shirt untucked, fine.”
Can't say enough about our time at Bluejack National! Tiger did an amazing job designing the course! Definite Augusta National feel to it.
— Dave Stockton Jr (@DSJR1) November 5, 2015 Seriously, who could forget the tizzy Tiger sent the fashion police into when he played his first U.S. Open practice round at Philadelphia’s Merion Golf Club in 2013 — with skinny legs protruding from his own pair of MJ-like cargo shorts?
Perhaps with such incidents in mind, Woods has created a ritzy-ditzy private golf club where the rich and famous may roam their natural habitat clad in couture — like jeans and shorts with (wait for it) pockets on the outside! — that’s still verboten at other exclusive preserves. And they may do so at Bluejack without fear of arrest — unlike scofflaws whose denim threads had officials at a chi-chi Boston club so upset they called the cops on them (true story).
Speaking of Boston, Bluejack reportedly boasts a miniature Fenway Park for Wiffle ball. In addition to a replica Fenway and a course designed to look like Augusta National, Tiger’s design offers a shorty 10-hole practice circuit, a zip line, tree houses where guests may sleep and — coming soon — an Eric Koston-designed skate park (skateboarders will applaud that feature).
In other words, fun for mom, dad, sis and bro.
Count Stockton among those duly impressed with the future Golf Digest Top 100 listing.
“Look at golf today. Why is the game struggling to find new people to come play? Maybe they don’t want to get dressed up. Today’s kids, and some adults, want a little more relaxed attitude,” he said. “The concept of the whole club and what they’re doing is truly special. It has a great relaxed feel being there, a family feel, where there’s something for everyone.”
Sure, Woods wants his customers comfortable in whatever apparel they choose to wear. We wonder, though, if he’ll draw the line at Rickie Fowler’s chapeau of choice.
“Definitely not the flat bill,” Woods joked some time ago about whether his signature “Sunday red” golf togs had set the pace for “distinct” fashion statements among the younger PGA Tour set. “Nooo, not that one.”
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