Norman needs a retirement from retirement
For a guy who has repeatedly said he’s done with competitive golf, Greg Norman’s starting to look a lot like that pot-bellied 60-year-old who appears at pickup basketball games to run with guys half his age. (Only difference being Norman’s still got skills and he’s built like a Marine.)
Let’s recap: This week Norman’s playing in the European Tour’s Asian Open in Shanghai, an appearance that comes in the wake of two starts already this year on the PGA Tour (Pebble Beach and Mayakoba). Next month he’s scheduled to play the AT&T Classic (another PGA Tour event, at the -- ahem -- Norman-designed TPC Sugarloaf in Georgia) as well as the Senior PGA Championship at Oak Hill. That’s a fuller slate than Tiger’s.
I don’t get it. A few months ago he told Golf Magazine: “I have no interest in going out there and practicing...I love being home on the weekends. I traveled for 27, 28 years of my life every weekend for 40 weekends a year, and now I don’t have to.” Pebble Beach, Mexico, China, upstate New York? Even with a private jet, that's a grind. Not that the Shark's resurgence is a bad thing. The guy’s still got more star power than nine of the top 10 players in the world, so as long as he’s game for a game, we'll keep watching.
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Posted by: MICHAEL MATTHEWS tulsa , oklahoma | Jul 18, 2008 10:36:29 PM
TO ME PERSONALLY I THINK GREG NORMAN IS A GREAT AMBASSADOR NOT ONLY FOR THE GAME OF GOLF BUT FOR HIS COUNTRY WHAT HES DONE FOR THE PGA TOUR I JUST MISSED SEEING HIM PLAY LIVE AT THE 2001 US OPEN AT SOUTHERN HILL C.C HE PULLED OUT TO BE AT HIS DAUGHTERS OR SONS GRADUATION I WAS CRUSHED BUT THEN AT THAT TIME WAS OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL 14 YREARS MY MOTHER REMINDED ME MY FATHER WAS THERE AND GAVE ME A BIG PARTY AND A 150 DOLLARS AND THAT THIS IS A ONETIME MEMORY NO MATTER THE MONEY STATUS A PERSON IS OR PROFESSION HE IS STILL a father i guess i was selfish but quickly got over I HOPE HE PUTS 2 OF THE FINEST ROUNDS TOGETHER AND WIN IT AND HAVE A BIG PARTY
Posted by: Jack | Apr 23, 2008 12:12:36 PM
Norman has always been a lightning rod, mostly for good, and would be a great addition to any tournament. Except for Tiger and Phil, Norman will draw the biggest gallaries on the course! How can that be a bad thing?