Baseball superstar Mike Trout is taking his well-documented love affair with golf to the next level by enlisting the one and only Tiger Woods for the collaboration of a lifetime: his very own golf course located in Vineland, New Jersey.
Dubbed Trout National โ The Reserve, the Los Angeles Angels centre fielder and three-time American League MVP came close to owning a golf course once before back in 2019. Of course, that was until the unfortunate (and generation-defining) arrival of COVID-19 derailed, wellโฆ everything, really. But now, the stars have re-aligned.
โItโs pretty incredible having a chance to own your own golf course,โ Mike Trout, who apparently carries a handicap of โseven or eightโ and averages โ330 o 360โ yards on his drives, told Sports Illustrated.
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โGetting Tiger to design it is crazy. If you had told me before that this would happen one day, I would have said you are crazy. Itโs more than I ever thought possible.โ
Trout added: โMy favourite golfer growing up obviously was Tiger. I thought it would be pretty cool to reach out. We reached out, got a positive vibe when we mentioned it, and got his team down to the site.โ
โOnce Tigerโs team came down to the site, they loved it. Itโs surreal. I mean, itโs frigginโ Tiger!โ
โIโve always watched Mike on the diamond so when an opportunity arose to work with him on Trout National โ The Reserve, I couldnโt pass it up,โ Tiger Woods expressed via press statement.
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โItโs a great site for golf and our teamโs looking forward to creating a special course for Mike, [Mikeโs wife] Jessica, [developer and Northeast Precast President] John Ruga and [Johnโs wife] Lorie.โ
Aside from the 18-hole championship course, Trout National โ The Reserve will also feature a practice range, dedicated short-game area, clubhouse, restaurant, as well as lodging and (for some reason) a wedding chapel.
While the overall design is still being decided upon, Trout himself has revealed we can expect a signature hole to an include an island green with various tee boxes known as โMikeโs Choice.โ
โObviously, itโs not fully doneโฆ And a lot of cool stuff will be happening in the clubhouse,โ said Mike Trout.
