Michael Jordan Breaks Smoking Rules at Presidents Cup

Michael Jordan is serving as an honorary assistant to U.S. captain Fred Couples at the Presidents Cup in San Francisco. City officials were made aware of Jordan's cigar smoking when they saw a photo in the San Francisco Chronicle of Jordan smoking his cigar during a practice round.

In 2006, the city Board of Supervisors voted to include public golf courses among the parks that would ban smoking. A violation could net a $100 fine.

In an interview on PGATour.com, Michael Jordan spoke about his cigar smoking on the golf course.

"I heard this is a public place so they limit what you can smoke. I'm not even supposed to be smoking but this was a practice round and no one said anything. So I've been very cognizant of that to some degree. But I would say, if they allow me to, I would say a three-cigar round. I would try to keep it at a minimum of three."

No one said anything? Recreation and Park general manager told the San Francisco Chronicle "I've already sent an e-mail to the PGA Tour director ... reminding them that smoking is illegal and that we would appreciate their support."

The letter did little more than give Jordan a gentle reminder of the rules of the course. He certainly didn't feel the need to follow them, using the lame excuse that it was just a "practice round".

Perhaps it's the fact that Michael Jordan is a super-star athlete that keeps the city from having him follow the rules like everyone else? Other than the gentle reminder email sent to the PGA Tour director, no one is really stopping Michael Jordan from smoking on the course.

A violation could net a $100 fine " but don't expect me to ask him for it," city attorney's spokesman Matt Dorsey told the Chronicle.

Michael Jordan doesn't have to be accountable for breaking the smoking rules at the Presidents Cup because he's a celebrity? Looks like only every day people, not super-stars, have to follow the rules.