PGA golfer Rickie Fowler unveils secrets behind Michael Jordan’s “Slaughterhouse” golf course 

<strong>PGA golfer Rickie Fowler unveils secrets behind Michael Jordan’s “Slaughterhouse” golf course </strong>

Michael Jordan and Rickie Fowler [Image Credit: Essentially Sports/PGA Tour]

Pro-golfer Rickie Fowler recently revealed the secrets behind Michael Jordan’s Slaughterhouse golf course. Just as the eerie the name itself is, the golf course does provide professional golfers a bit of a  nightmare while assisting Jordan in his shots. 

The layout design of the golf field is so cleverly structured that it gives short hitters like MJ the advantage while long hitters are pitted against the cruel nature of the course. The name of the golf course is originally The Groove XXIII but was nicknamed the Slaughterhouse because of its difficulty.

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The pro players suffer a dilemma when playing on the course, as Fowler has talked about it in detail with Golf.com. The design is a bit complicated, as a long shot attracts a narrower fairway, while a short hits drive into wider fairways. 

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The reason behind why Michael Jordan’s golf course is known as the Slaughterhouse

Michael Jordan [Image Credit: RochesterFirst]
Michael Jordan [Image Credit: RochesterFirst]

This narrower and wider fairway takes away the pro player opportunity who are playing for money. To describe the details of the play yard, Rickie Fowler stated, “The shorter you hit it, the wider it is”. 

“He can basically hit driver on all the par 4, par 5s. And if I want to hit driver, I have to kind of put it into a bit of a tighter spot. I can obviously play back if I want, but that becomes a little bit of a disadvantage, especially if it’s a hole where he’s getting a stroke on.”

He further stated that he has to give MJ 10 shots during a game. While playing with the pros, comes off as a disadvantage it ensures victory for Jordan. Pro-golfer Dustin Johnson’s trainer noted that Jordan‘s trash talk during a major championship gives DJ the edge to prove himself better.

This clever golf course design was made by none other than popular designer Bobby Weed, who further inputted South Florida trade winds to create more random shot complexities. The fairways were just another of many intentional challenges.

As Fowler commented about the 10 shots round, “If I’m giving him a shot, I can’t then play from the same spot he is when he’s laying zero”. “He can shoot anywhere from 71 to 74. If he’s shooting 77 and he’s got a double in there, I got to shoot 65 to get to 18!”

Jordan’s Slaughterhouse is limited to only a few golf lovers. MJ did it to make the club more exclusive by including only a handful of accessors. Thanks to Fowler we got to get a good insight of why The Groove XXIII was named the Slaughterhouse. The nickname is quite fitting according to its golf course layout.

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