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Anybody who’s acquainted with Michael Jordan is aware of the very last thing you need to do is give him some further motivation to beat you, and Xander Schauffele realized that’s the case the arduous method after getting a bit too cocky once they have been taking part in a spherical of golf collectively.
Michael Jordan is thought for the ruthlessly aggressive spirit that helped him turn out to be among the best basketball gamers (if not one of the best) of all time, and there are many tales about him moving into the heads of his opponents with the assistance of some vicious trash discuss.
When you watched The Final Dance, you’re most likely conscious the most important mistake you may make when taking part in in opposition to His Airness was doing something he perceived as disrespectful, because the documentary collection is teeming with anecdotes about conditions the place he dug notably deep out of pure, unadulterated spite.
Jordan is primarily identified for his abilities on the courtroom, however he’s additionally an extremely proficient golfer with a reported handicap of 1.3. That’s actually nothing to scoff at, however it might nonetheless put him at a drawback in opposition to nearly each single participant on the PGA Tour.
That features Xander Schauffele, who was just lately filmed chatting with Colt Knost in regards to the spherical of golf he performed with Jordan (which sounds prefer it happened at MJ’s wildly unique Grove XXIII in Florida).
The person who solely trails Scottie Scheffler within the Official World Golf Rating says he was holding his personal whereas recognizing Jordan strokes for many of the spherical earlier than his choice to chirp his opponent backfired, saying:
“I did my finest model of [trash talk] after which he beat me straight up, which is embarrassing. Within the final three holes.
I pancaked him on his stroke holes and began speaking s— to him. He received all quiet, centered, after which he birdied 15, 16. No strokes. Beat me straight up.”
Lesson realized.
