Hobe Sound FLORIDA’S NEW GOLF MECCA

Michael Jordan’s Grove XXIII has triggered interest in a once-sleepy area that is becoming home to some of the world’s most prestigious golf communities

BY TIM REYNOLDS

Michael Jordan sure seems like a visionary now. It was in 2018 when the basketball legend selected Bobby Weed Golf Design to build his own private golf playground, the invitation-only, super-private, you-need-toknow-a-lot-of-people-to-play-there track called Grove XXIII in Hobe Sound, Florida. Others had considered putting a golf course on that particular piece of land over the years. Jordan went ahead and made it happen. Only a few years later, he’s got new neighbors. And even more are coming. This is the tale of how Hobe Sound—a sleepy little town about 100 miles north of Miami that’s a mecca for boaters and fishing enthusiasts—is now becoming a hotbed of exclusive golf for some of the game’s most passionate and most fortunate players. Grove XXIII represents the epicenter of what is an incredible concentration of…

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