Justin Timberlake and his family are preparing for the opening of their new eco-friendly golf course, Mirimichi, which is located just 20 minutes out of their home town of Memphis, Tennessee.
Here is an exclusive interview via JustinTimberlake.com where Justin answers questions about the golf courses design and eco-friendly quality and which hole is his favorite.
Mirimichi opens to the public this Saturday, July 25th.
How does it feel now that Mirimichi is officially opening?
It’s a hoot for me to have it and it’s an awesome feeling to give it back to the community. Hopefully, it will be something good for the Mid-South – not just Memphis – but for the whole Mid-South. Hopefully, people will hear about this public course in Memphis that is a gem and they’ll come and pay $60 bucks for a cart, range balls and full 18 with a caddy.
Can you talk about the environmental features of Mirimichi?
We stumbled upon the environmental thing. We had to gut it and re-irrigate the course and I just said, in re-irrigating this, is it possible to reuse the water in a way that would zero out our ecological footprint. And as it turns out, you actually can make a golf course eco-friendly.
Did you participate in the design any of the courses?
It was very cohesive between my dad and my mom and myself and Talent golf (who built the course.) There are little things on the course that I think are going to make it special in the years to come and unique to everyone who plays it.
The way I always judged if I really love a course and if it’s really a great course is, after I’ve finished playing it, how many holes out of the 18 do I remember. My dad does the same thing. That’s why I think Pebble Beach will always be a highly-rated course because you can remember every hole in that course after you play it.
I think we’ve put together a layout that is very strong. I don’t feel like one hole looks like another hole. I feel like every hole is so unique to itself, and that’s what, in my opinion, makes Mirimichi an amazing golf course.
Is there a particular place or hole that is special to you on the course?
I guess I would have to say hole 10. Because back when it was called Big Creek, my dad taught me how to hit a golf ball there; that was the first golf hole I ever played. It’s completely redone now, it’s a completely different hole but it’s still like I remember being 10-years-old and being out there and him going, “This is how you swing your club,” which is cool.
Justin Timberlake, golf enthusiast, is set to open up Mirimichi, an eco-friendly, $16 million, two-years-in-the-making golf course, in Tennessee on July 25.