Bringing his A game from onstage with Madonna to the 13th at Augusta
Interview By Craig Bestrom
Photo By Marc Hom November 2008
The dark mahogany door swings open, and into the virtually empty locker room at Sherwood Country Club strides singer-songwriter-golfer Justin Timberlake. He’s here for a casual, early-morning round at his home course, but his attire (perfectly pressed gray slacks, white polo and stylish black sweater vest) conveys something a little more formal. At 27 and admittedly a workaholic, Timberlake has spent much of the past few weeks writing and producing music. In between, he took a few days to write, rehearse and host ESPN’s annual awards show, The ESPYs. A few weeks before that, he was promoting “The Love Guru,” a film in which he co-starred with Mike Myers and Jessica Alba.
“I’m so ready for this,” he says, conceding that today’s round would be played on only four hours of sleep. “I’m definitely not getting to play as much golf these days as I’d like. Too much on my plate.”
Timberlake’s passion for golf took hold about six years ago, heightened by his first exposure to the game’s highest level as a celebrity player in the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic. Now as a 6-handicapper (T-15 on Golf Digest’s Music Ranking), he has a PGA Tour event: the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, debuting in October in Las Vegas.
There’s no questioning Timberlake’s love and respect for the game. Most of all, he’s a smart guy and a kind-hearted person, a credit to his mom (Lynn Harless) and dad (stepfather Paul Harless). Timberlake says golf for him is mostly about playing with his dad, who introduced him to the game at Big Creek near Memphis. When the course was in danger of being turned into a housing development a year ago, Timberlake and his parents stepped in and bought it ( See “Giving Back In Memphis”).
Timberlake’s career began as a runner-up on “Star Search” in 1992. From there came a stint on “The Mickey Mouse Club” with future girlfriend Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera and others. And then came the mega boy band ‘N Sync that sold more than 11 million copies of its first album. Today Timberlake is a six-time Grammy-winning solo artist with six No. 1 songs.
During multiple interviews with Golf Digest, Timberlake talked about playing the world’s greatest courses, and with some of film’s best-known actresses, including girlfriend Jessica Biel. And he also told us about connecting with America’s top teacher, Butch Harmon, for what JT described as his “first real golf lesson” earlier this year. In April, Harmon arranged for Timberlake and his dad to play Augusta National, and a few days prior to the U.S. Open, Harmon caddied for his pupil in the first Golf Digest U.S. Open Challenge at Torrey Pines.
“The toughest and coolest thing I’ve ever been a part of,” says Timberlake, who shot 98 on the same setup Tiger Woods conquered a week later. “I’d do it again in a heartbeat.”
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what did he say about biel in the interview? i cant find the part he mentioned her?
How about if we talk about your current girlfriend, Jessica Biel?
You mentioned that the two of you have played some golf together.
She loves it, and she’s super-duper athletic.
She plays only a little?
Yeah, she just messes around with it. She’s not as serious about it as I am.
new picture’s of justin and his sweetie jessica biel. wearing their robes looking out the window separately look like they just woke up. justin is sooooooooooooo sexy. they both have messy sex hair get your sexy on. jessica is sooooooooo lucky.
^Lmao!
I second that Lmao!
You can’t really tell that Justin’s hair looks messy. But Jessica’s is. It’s always messy though. Poor Justin having to wake up next to that – that’s if he did wake up to that. Lol
Why is it when Justin talks Jessica he says stuff like she’s a super-duper athletic ,or when he was on the Ellen show he said she’s a beast. In my opinion things you say about some one you are dating.
^Lol. I know.
a bailey6666 Justin look regretting spending night in that room and longing for something else more exciting. Poor Justin he missing some to love.
justin and jessica are soooooooooooo in love spending a romantic vacation together. I wonder who suggest the romatic spot Italy. justin said on oprah show that’s he get very romantic with jessica being. in that hotel room sleeping and rolling around together in that big bed can only imagine what going on. ha ha.justin is the happiest he has ever been that what he told his good friend ellen degeneres. justin and jessica forever.
omg abailey get a life seriously ur creepy
i bet when they breakup ur gonna have a heart attack lol
new picture of justin and jessica eating lunch together. jessica is feedind her sweetie justin sooooooooooooooo sexy. loving every secounds of it girls stop crying the truth hurts ha ha deal with it. they’re sooooooooooooo in love.
how old are you abailey
A bailey 6666 name is JESSICA BIEL. Justin still do love Britney because when someone say her name justin get a look in his like still love her. Jessica, think of this your not his first and true love Britney is and Justin’s mom will always love Britney.
i think brit and justin care for each other and wish each other the best but BOTH moved on along time ago. Britney is getting her personal life back together and justin is focusing in his career. In my opinion he wont marry anytime soon cause his career is his main focuse. And i still have my doubts if he actually loves biel or he just like spending time with her. Cameron was better match for him and seemed more fun and with better personality.
justin has said he likes woman with confidence’s and that’s why he is with the lovely jessica biel. In a radio interview with justin’s grandma sadie. she said jessica was a sweet and lovely girl, and that jessica and justin was there for justin cousin wedding. jessica also hangs out with justin mom too when the all eat out together there’re video’s to show that, and far as britney goes justin may not get marry anythime soon he also said he doesn’t want children either. so he wouldn’t ever go back to britney ex husband kevin and her children. when he can have his own. justin and jessica forever.
I agree about what you said about Cameron.
Abailey sounds like a robot! lol
Everything that you said about Jessica, can be said about Cameron and Britney too. Justin’s mom hung out with them too, Justin’s grandmother said good things about them too. So your little ass kissing rants don’t mean anything because he his other girlfriends have done the same things and more and that doesn’t justify that a relationship will last forever.
what radio interview ? where is that interview?
It was a radio interview a while ago. A radio station in Australia called his grandmother which is kind of rude and not necessary. I would probably get mad if I was Justin and someone called my grandmother. But she was just being nice and talked a a little bit on the phone.
so its not recent kim?
Its probably from 2 or 3 months ago.
a bailey6666 please do us all a favor and STFU. You come and repeat the same shit over and over again, it’s quite comical. I said before it was for the sex and those pictures sure make me think I’m right. Justin didn’t look happy at all.
And it doesn’t matter what he told Ellen about Jessica, what’s he supposed to say? “She’s just Jessica.” or “I’m comfortable”? I don’t think he would do that. On some London show in 2003 they had him make his ‘perfect’ woman and she looked NOTHING like Jessica.
And Justin’s mom was also close with Britney. She knew Britney since Brit was 11 or 12. Lynn said two years ago “Britney grew up on my living room floor. I still love her to death. Justin and Britney were together 10 or 11 years, and from day one they had that chemistry between them. Britney is a sweet girl. I just hate what she’s going through now.”
And it doesn’t matter what he told Ellen about Jessica, what’s he supposed to say? “She’s just Jessica.”
He wasn’t going say anything bad about her to Ellen,but he also didn’t say anything great about her either in my opinion.
On some London show in 2003 they had him make his ‘perfect’ woman and she looked NOTHING like Jessica.
What did he say?
He didn’t say anything because they had a blank face on this board behind him with different eyes, noses, lips, and hair and had him use that to make her. The girl wasn’t brunette. And the hosts kept saying “She looks kinda familiar” and he would say “She does doesn’t she?” or something along those lines. The girl looked a lot like Britney, whether it was her or not is a different question, but the girl didn’t look like Jessica at all.
Well, that doesn’t sound like a fair thing they did to him (giving him the board with pieces). He could have just said it. But around that time, he was probably still thinking about getting back with Britney and they probably set him a little bit with that question and/or game.
By the way what show was that?
uhh…I’m not sure of them name..you might be able to find it on YouTube. I just know it was in London and they were talking about him touring there.
Ok. Thanks.
I said before it was for the sex and those pictures sure make me think I’m right. Justin didn’t look happy at all.
LOL
i agree mariah- cameron was his best choice.
does abailey6666 work for jessica biel?
what do u mean guest?
i agree Guest
does abailey6666 work for jessica biel?
haha. she probably does.