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FLASHBACK: Michael Jordan, Mike Ditka, Jim McMahon and Hawk Harrelson tee it up at Butler National

By  Matthew Schwerha
   
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Michael Jordan, Mike Ditka, Jim McMahon and Hawk Harrelson comprised one of the best athlete foursomes you will ever see back in 1987 at Butler National in Oak Brook.

In a golf outing for the ages, the Chicago Bears, Bulls and White Sox were represented. If only Harry Caray and Denis Savard had been invited.

Scroll through the photos above to take a look back at what a game of golf looked like between four of Chicago’s sports legends in 1987.

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