Tommy Lee Jones’ Polo Ranch!

Tommy Lee Jones’ Polo Ranch!

Tommy Lee Jones' Polo Ranch!

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Tommy Lee Jones isn’t just another handsome actor who made it good and gets to run in popular Hollywood circles. An eighth-generation Texan from oil country, Jones had a little different streak in him than most of the locals - an eye for getting a good education. He worked hard, was accepted for a scholarship to a nearby prep school and from there a Rhodes Scholarship to Harvard. At Harvard, it’s not hard to become friendly with the world’s future movers and shakers, and Jones found himself a roommate of future Vice President Al Gore and later John Lithgow. Jones and Gore enjoyed all the male-oriented perks of college life of chasing girls to joining a band to attract them. When fellow Harvard alumni Erich Segal later wrote Love Story, Jones and Gore served as an inspiration for his character, Oliver.

On graduation from Harvard, Jones went to New York and his career took off immediately from stage the first year to film in the second with a role in the Love Story movie he helped inspire. In 1980, Jones won his first Golden Globe for his role as Loretta Lynn’s husband, Doolittle "Mooney" Lynn in Coal Miner’s Daughter. Jones has won some of Hollywood’s most coveted roles including U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard in The Fugitive, for which he won an Academy Award and the western classic, Lonesome Dove, playing lawman Woodrow F. Call. Jones switched over to comedy in the Men in Black series of films with Will Smith that have done over $1.5 billion in movie business.

A man of multiple talents and interests, his career in film, covering acting, directing, producing and writing, Jones is known for his rather gruff and gritty persona. Though he presented the nominating speech for Al Gore as the Democratic Party’s nominee for President of the United States in 2000, that’s where his nod to politics stops, and then only for a dear friend. Don’t expect personal opinions or discussion on anything from politics to polo coming from Tommy Lee. He holds everything in his life close to the vest and probably would never give an interview were it not for occasionally having to promote a film. Many an interviewer has lived in fear of Jones’ black hole stare should they accidentally venture to the edge of a personal question. Jones, as is a trend for other American celebrities, is also popular in Japan where he has made 34 Suntory's Coffee TV commercials and a number of Japanese public service announcements.

For years a championship polo player, Jones has immersed himself in the sport with his own stables, ranches and polo fields both here and in South America. His permanent residence is in Terrell, Texas just outside of San Antonio. Fluent in Spanish, he has a house at a polo country club in Buenos Aires, Argentina, a 3,000-acre cattle ranch in Texas and another ranch near Van Horn, Texas. He also has a polo farm in the upscale polo community of Wellington, Florida which he has listed for sale.

Wellington, just outside of Palm Beach, Florida, is well known as the U.S. hot spot in the polo world with over 60 full-size polo fields and celebrity riders such as Prince William and fans like former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Both Bruce Springsteen and Bill Gates have polo-playing daughters and homes in Wellington.

Jones has owned his San Saba Polo Ranch since 2002 with 55 acres, 48 horse stalls, its own regulation size irrigated polo field, an exercise track, seven tack rooms, laundry, wash racks and separate equipment building. The property is surrounded by a lake with a waterfall and over 180 rare plants. There is also a five acre nature preserve with trails. Though the house is somewhat small by mansion standards, having four bedrooms and two baths, it’s the perfect abode for those who prefer to spend their days at sport or would like to build their own mansion on the extensive property, using the existing home for the farm manager. For more information.

Beautifully outfitted for polo professionals in one of the East Coast’s most sought after locations, Tommy Lee Jones, world renowned actor, director, producer and champion polo player, is selling his Florida polo farm, San Saba. Originally listed at $26.5 million, now reduced to $19.9 million.

Source: www.ipre.com