Michael Thorbjornsen is now a PGA Tour winner. With that comes some level of fame, fortune and, of course, pressure. So how does the 24-year-old Rocket Classic winner unwind after a long day grinding on the range? LEGOs … obviously.
It used to be that PGA Tour pros would strum a guitar, get into wine or maybe restore an old car in their free time, but the times they are a-changin’. In recent years, LEGOs have become a popular pastime for adult males, but as Thorbjornsen explains, these aren’t the sets you remember from when you were a kid.
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“I have a few boxes unopened,” Thorbjornsen told Fore Play. “I have the Milky Way Galaxy, I’ve built an F1 car, I’ve built the Eiffel Tower. With the Eiffel Tower, I’m not sure I recommend it.”
Why wouldn’t he recommend arguably his biggest LEGO accomplishment to date? Well, because the Lego Eiffel Tower stands nearly five feet tall, includes 10,001 pieces and retails for $629.99.
“It took me two weeks to build and the first three days of those two weeks, I worked on it eight hours a day,” Thorbjornsen said.
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And that’s not all. Thorbjornsen also has a completed LEGO Titanic in his office that is four-and-a-half feet long, includes over 9,000 pieces and will set you back a cool $679.99, iceberg not included.
Although Thorbjornsen’s chosen hobby is widely considered to be for kids, clearly it’s anything but. LEGO sets like those Thorbjornsen builds have largely replaced the ship-in-a-bottle and model-car building that kept our grandfathers and fathers occupied long into adulthood. They require vast amounts of focus, commitment and attention to detail. To us, that sounds a lot like golf, the very thing Thorbjornsen turns to LEGOs to escape from, but when it comes to a grown man and his hobbies, to each their own.
This article was originally published on golfdigest.com
