Alex, a senior professional golfer living in Florida, en¬tered into a sponsorship agreement with Golf Pro Associates, a Michigan partnership ("GPA"). The agreement provided that (1) GPA would sponsor Sutton on the PGA Tour, (2) GPA would pay all of Alex’s expenses, (3) GPA and Alex would equally divide his prize money after GPA is re¬imbursed for expenses, and (4) GPA would provide Alex health insurance.
Preliminary negotiations were on the telephone. GPA prepared a written agreement at its office in Michigan and sent it to Alex in Florida, who signed and returned it to GPA. GPA then signed the agreement and sent a copy to Alex. He participated in several senior PGA events, including two in Florida. While playing in Palm Springs, Alex suffered a heart attack and incurred medical costs of $100,000. GPA had not obtained health insurance coverage as agreed, so Alex sued GPA in a Florida state court for breach of contract. GPA moved to dismiss the action for lack of personal jurisdiction.
A. Can the Florida court, under its long arm statute, exercise personal juris­diction over the Michigan defendant in this case? Discuss.