Michael Jordan once won an outrageous bet on a golf course upon drinking ten beers, according to Jeremy Roenick.
NBA great Jordan is known to be partial to a bet, having admitted to placing wagers on everything from golf and cards to minor competitions with team-mates.
And according to NHL Hall of Famer Roenick, Jordan once placed an outrageous bet while playing golf, just hours before his Chicago Bulls side were scheduled to play the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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“This was like end of the season for us, end of the season for them,” Roenick recalled to 670 the Score. “I get a call from Michael, ‘meet me at Sunset Ridge early, we’re going to go play 18 holes.
“We didn’t have a game, we actually had a day off. So I meet him at Sunset Ridge… we played a round, beat him for a couple thousand, and I’m getting ready to leave.
“Now, the Bulls are playing that night. They play Cleveland that night. So I’m thinking he’s leaving, it’s 10:00, he’s like, ‘No, let’s go play again.’
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“So we fill up a bag full of ice and Coors Light and we walk again. We roll around another 18 and I take him for another couple.
“We’ve been drinking all afternoon. Now he’s going from Sunset Ridge to the stadium to play a game.
“And I’m like messing around, I’m like ‘I’m going to call my bookie, all the money you just lost to me I’m putting on Cleveland tonight.’
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“He goes ‘I’ll tell you what. I’ll bet you that we win by 20 points and I have more than 40.’ I’m like ‘done.’
“Son of a gun goes out, scores 52 and they win by 26 or something… after [36] holes of golf and having maybe 10 Bud Lights. The man, to me, is the best athlete that I’ve ever seen.”
While Roenick claimed Jordan went on to drop 52, winning by 26, the game in question was likely the March 28th, 1992 encounter between the Cavs and Bulls, when Jordan put up 44 to help the Bulls win by 24.
Either way, Jordan still appears to have won the bet.
Topics: Michael Jordan, NBA, Golf, Chicago Bulls
Chris Byfield