WPTV has closely covered the proposal, which sparked bi-partisan backlash from the community and lawmakers
A new report by NBC News says both Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus were involved with a controversial plan to build three golf courses at Jonathan Dickinson State Park.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A new report by NBC News says both Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus were involved with a controversial plan to build three golf courses at Jonathan Dickinson State Park.
Nicklaus’ attorney Eugene Stearns told WPTV Friday that one of the courses would have been a “Jack course.”
Stearns also said that Nicklaus would have done the work for free, saying it would be a “charitable issue.” He could not confirm the details about Woods in the NBC News report.
Both of the legendary golfers call the area home with Woods living in Jupiter Island and Nicklaus residing in nearby North Palm Beach.
The proposal sparked more than a week of bi-partisan backlash from the community and lawmakers from both sides of the aisle.
DeSantis spoke for the first time on Wednesday about the controversial proposal, calling it “half-baked and “not ready for prime time.”
The governor said some of the uproar from the proposal related to the state’s Great Outdoors Initiative at nine state parks was “misrepresented” and “not approved by me.”
Following more than a week of protests and pushback, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection announced Thursday they are withdrawing all remaining proposed amendments to state parks.