In the Fall of 2019, Michael Jordan opened his very own 18-hole golf club named Grove XXIII - the Roman numeral representing the number Jordan wore with the Chicago Bulls. The ingenious Grove XXIII design celebrates the centripetal force of gravity and twists in an ingenious double-helix routing that can be played in four different nine and nine combinations, and in shorter three- to six-hole loops. 

The NBA champion, by acclamation the greatest basketball player of all time, purchased a tract of land in Hobe Sound, Florida, hired golf course designer Bobby Weed to help with the project, and when completed invited some members, because that's the way billionaires do it. Jordan's private Grove XXIII club has several unique amenities and integrates technology by replacing on-course staff with modernized drones to handle food and beverage deliveries straight to golfers during their round.

All short grass and sophistication the Grove XXIII club's fairways are unsurprisingly sleek with Weed's par 72 routing rife with hollows, depressions and shallow scoop bunkers that gather any misplaced shots. In an era when nearly every new or remodelled course bears a naturalistic or faux-historical style and visual aesthetic, the 6,963-yard Grove XXIII layout is clean and contemporary.

The amenities don't stop at robot's delivering snacks and drinks, though. The ungoverned golf carts at Grove XXIII hit speeds of up to 35-miles per hour, caddies get their own scooters and there is a cigar roller on location. The club also has a driving range and a 15,000-square foot clubhouse with locker rooms and a sumptuous lounge and restaurant.

Image(s) published courtesy of: GQ Australia, GOLF.com and LINKS Magazine