Justin Timberlake Buys The First Golf Course He Played On.

5 months ago 12th Jun 06:39

Justin Timberlake Buys The First Golf Course He Played On....

Justin Timberlake has bought the golf course his dad taught him to play the sport on - to save it from developers.

Timberlake is a golf fanatic and plays off a handicap of six.

He confesses he only "got into" the sport six years ago, when he was 20 - but the childhood trip to the Memphis, Tennessee course inspired him to rescue it from being turned into apartments.

Timberlake tells U.S. talk show host Jay Leno, "My dad taught me to hit a gold ball on this course, when I was 12 years old. They were going to auction it off and turn it into a development, so we swooped in and got it."

The singer is currently battling his mother's plans to name the course after the famous family, adding, "My mum wants it to be called Timberlake Trails or something like that."

Meanwhile the avid golfer Justin Timberlake's dream of hitting the U.S. Open course at Torrey Pines, California was ruined by his allergies.

The pop superstar joined Jessica Simpson's boyfriend Tony Romo and TV presenter Matt Lauer for the Golf Digest U.S. Open Challenge last week (06Jun08) and though he managed to break 100, the experience wasn't what he hoped it would be.

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