In Hyde Park, a night full of stars
In Hyde Park, a night full of stars
[2 TAMPA Edition]
St. Petersburg Times - St. Petersburg, Fla.
Author: MICHAEL A. MOHAMMED
Date: Jan 25, 2007
Start Page: 1.B
Section: TAMPA & STATE
Text Word Count: 467
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Copyright Times Publishing Co. Jan 25, 2007
Correction (01/26/07): Golfer Tiger Woods was not among celebrities at Tampa's Hyde Park Cafe on Tuesday. An article Thursday was incorrect on that point. Woods is competing this week in California.
Jeter, Jordan, Pippen, Sheffield, Woods and Ivey. All in the same room. Awesome.
Stardom reached critical mass at the Hyde Park Cafe in Wednesday's early hours. Another celebrity and it might have collapsed in on itself, birthing an infinitely dense black hole of fame.
Mere mortals orbited outside the curtained-off VIP area. At thin gaps in the gauze, tube-topped women jostled for peeps at basketball legends Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen, baseball stars Derek Jeter and Gary Sheffield, golfer Tiger Woods and professional poker player Phil Ivey.
Combined, they own 12 NBA rings, five World Series baseball rings, four Masters golf tournament green jackets and five World Series of Poker bracelets.
The beautiful people are in town for the fourth annual Derek Jeter Celebrity Golf Classic in Avila this Monday. Last year's event raised $600,000 for Tampa area schools.
Last weekend, Jeter played in Jordan's own charity golf tournament in the Bahamas. Jeter owns a house in Tampa, spring training city for his Yankees.
"The first time I met him, I wasn't nice because he's Jeter," said Boston-born, rival Red Sox fan Peter Hannouche, a co-owner of the nightclub. "But he's the kind of guy who wins you over. He's a class act."
So classy, in fact, that Jeter didn't even deck the young reporter who grabbed his bulky biceps and asked for an interview on Jeter's way out of the club.
"No, man, I ain't talking to no papers right now, man," Jeter said.
The gathering featured a number of large bodyguards. While some patrons argued with bouncers to get in, others settled for tiny brushes with fame.
Brett Coover, a 30-year-old technology consultant, spotted a familiar figure in an orange shirt walking to the restroom.
"Wow," he later remembered thinking. "It's Tiger Woods."
His friend and co-worker Matty VanHook, 26, saw Jeter in the restroom and witnessed him tipping an attendant.
"It wasn't going to change my outlook on life or anything, but it was definitely a cool happening," VanHook said.
Michael A. Mohammed can be reached at mmohammed@sptimes.com or (813) 226-3404.
Copyright © 2007 St. Petersburg Times
[2 TAMPA Edition]
St. Petersburg Times - St. Petersburg, Fla.
Author: MICHAEL A. MOHAMMED
Date: Jan 25, 2007
Start Page: 1.B
Section: TAMPA & STATE
Text Word Count: 467
Document Text
Copyright Times Publishing Co. Jan 25, 2007
Correction (01/26/07): Golfer Tiger Woods was not among celebrities at Tampa's Hyde Park Cafe on Tuesday. An article Thursday was incorrect on that point. Woods is competing this week in California.
Jeter, Jordan, Pippen, Sheffield, Woods and Ivey. All in the same room. Awesome.
Stardom reached critical mass at the Hyde Park Cafe in Wednesday's early hours. Another celebrity and it might have collapsed in on itself, birthing an infinitely dense black hole of fame.
Mere mortals orbited outside the curtained-off VIP area. At thin gaps in the gauze, tube-topped women jostled for peeps at basketball legends Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen, baseball stars Derek Jeter and Gary Sheffield, golfer Tiger Woods and professional poker player Phil Ivey.
Combined, they own 12 NBA rings, five World Series baseball rings, four Masters golf tournament green jackets and five World Series of Poker bracelets.
The beautiful people are in town for the fourth annual Derek Jeter Celebrity Golf Classic in Avila this Monday. Last year's event raised $600,000 for Tampa area schools.
Last weekend, Jeter played in Jordan's own charity golf tournament in the Bahamas. Jeter owns a house in Tampa, spring training city for his Yankees.
"The first time I met him, I wasn't nice because he's Jeter," said Boston-born, rival Red Sox fan Peter Hannouche, a co-owner of the nightclub. "But he's the kind of guy who wins you over. He's a class act."
So classy, in fact, that Jeter didn't even deck the young reporter who grabbed his bulky biceps and asked for an interview on Jeter's way out of the club.
"No, man, I ain't talking to no papers right now, man," Jeter said.
The gathering featured a number of large bodyguards. While some patrons argued with bouncers to get in, others settled for tiny brushes with fame.
Brett Coover, a 30-year-old technology consultant, spotted a familiar figure in an orange shirt walking to the restroom.
"Wow," he later remembered thinking. "It's Tiger Woods."
His friend and co-worker Matty VanHook, 26, saw Jeter in the restroom and witnessed him tipping an attendant.
"It wasn't going to change my outlook on life or anything, but it was definitely a cool happening," VanHook said.
Michael A. Mohammed can be reached at mmohammed@sptimes.com or (813) 226-3404.
Copyright © 2007 St. Petersburg Times
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