PALM CITY — Reggie Jackson is fast turning into Mr. January.
That’s because of how super hot his “Mr. October Celebrity Golf Classic” has become since coming to the “The Floridian National” golf course in Palm City.
Legend after legend poured into Martin County Monday morning in the rare chill for a golfing event that raises money for Jackson’s children’s foundation he created 25 years ago.
Jackson, who earned his World Series moniker as a lefty slugger for the Oakland A’s and New York Yankees – “The Bronx (Zoo) Bombers’’ – in the 1970s, got choked up as he addressed the star-studded throng.
His audience included sporting greats from Lawrence Taylor to Jack Nicklaus, Julius Erving to Roger Clemens, newly retired Nick Saban to Ken Griffey Jr., Warren Moon to Ozzie Smith, Marcus Allen to Gary Sheffield. And plenty of other elites.
A former advisor for the New York Yankees, Jackson now works as a special advisor to the Houston Astros, who hold spring training at The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches.