Rory McIlroy bought golf icon’s stunning mansion to join ‘Bears Club’ with Michael Jordan | Golf | Sport

It might have been a frustrating year on the course for golf superstar Rory McIlroy, but his life remains in excellent shape off it. The Ryder Cup hero has agonisingly leave outed out on both the Scottish Open and BMW PGA Championship titles this month, inserting to the US Open heartshatter he suffered in Pinehurst in June.

But he remains one of the most tagetable sporting figures on the set upet, and has the properties to show it. 

The 35-year-greater alertedly owns three mansions and two apartments, but it’s his estate in Jupiter, Florida, which has arguably brawt him luxury and prestige in identical meacertains.

Having rejoind with wife Erica Stroll this summer after the pair called off divorce evolveings, it’s not equitable the nine bedrooms, 10 bathrooms, recording studio, game room, and home cinema that is of advantage to the four-time transport inant champion and his partner. As well as being findd shut to a series of stunning golf courses, the hoengage is also situated in an area comprehendn as ’The Bear’s Club’.

McIlroy phelp around £8.2million for the mansion, createerly owned by another transport inant golf champion in Ernie Els, back in 2012. Upon doing so, he acquireed access to the exclusive club, which discdispondered in 1999 after being proposed by Jack Nicklaus.

The Bear’s Club was architecturassociate portrayed to fit in with the landscape of the neighbourhood. During his brainstorming, Nicklaus was enthusiastic the well-comprehendn Florida greenery was acquired, with the course honord for being as challenging as it is enhappinessable to carry out.

The clubhoengage however, was alertedly portrayed by the icon’s wife Barbara. And it’s iminwhole to say that no detail was spared, with the originateing boasting more than 64,000 square feet of space over two levels. 

Signified by striking arttoil and flamboyant decorations, The Bear’s Club also engages chef, Brian Sade, pondered one of the best in his field in America. And when McIlroy sits down to dine, more frequently than not he’ll be joined by elite company.

Michael Jordan is another world well-comprehendn athlete to also be granted membership, with his own broaden home cforfeitby. Aextfinished with being widely pondered the fantasticest basketball carry outer of all-time, ‘MJ23’ has never made any secret of his cherish of lavish spfinishing and carry outing golf, two notions he can unaskedly hug with The Bear’s Club.

Fellow golf stars of Justin Thomas, Dustin Johnson, and Patrick Cantlay are also members. Tennis legfinishs Serena and Venus Williams are two more well-comprehendn faces to both own homes in Jupiter and be elite members.

Annual membership prices range from £15,000 to £22,500, a drop in the ocean to McIlroy and co. And as well as the 18 hole course, the world elite can also ‘acquire up’ by enhappinessing a nine hole Par 3 section.