Greg Norman
Greg Norman
Gregory John Norman AO is an Australian professional golfer and entrepreneur who spent 331 weeks as the world's Number 1 Official World Golf Rankings ranked golfer in the 1980s and 1990s. He has won 91 international tournaments, including 20 PGA Tour tournaments and two majors: The Open Championships in 1986 and 1993. Norman also earned thirty top-10 finishes and was the runner-up 8 times in majors throughout his career. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionGolfer
Date of Birth10 February 1955
CityQueensland, Australia
CountryAustralia
What's a good tournament for him? Winning it. He's good enough.
I'm a very intense person. When I go after something, I want to go after it with everything I have. I want to push myself to the edge.
You expect success, you respect failure.
I owe a lot to my parents, especially by mother and my father.
I am a winner. I just didn't win today.
I knew today I could shoot myself out of the tournament and I didn't want to do that. I wanted to play consistent, steady golf. I've been doing that now for six rounds of golf going back to The Open, and in truth I'm looking forward to continuing it on.
I knew going into this stretch that it was going to be rigorous, and I had no idea how my body would react so quickly after surgery. In conference with my neurosurgeon and physical therapist, they both believe I simply played too much too soon.
The aggressive people get rewarded here. Those that don't pay a price. I like it here. I like the system.
I'm disappointed, but I'm not going to run around like Dennis Rodman and head-butt somebody.
If my competitive level in my game is solid like it's starting to show signs of, I'd much rather go out there and play the regular tour because I still hit the ball long enough. I feel like I'm above average than most players, even on the regular tour, so why not get out there and compete against those guys?
A win is a win. It's just some events have more significance than others. That's all it is. But the title is the title.
Destiny wasn't going to let me win that golf tournament. It wasn't going to happen.
Your last night in this locker room. Damn, I hope so.
Our thoughts and feelings go out to everyone over there.