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
The players have competed on the level the last 25 or 30 years are always going to be the players that compete at a high level. These guys practice hard, they work on their game, they still hit the ball extremely well.
Setting goals for your game is an art. The trick is in setting them at the right level - neither too low nor too high. A good goal should be lofty enough to inspire hard work, yet realistic enough to provide solid hope of attainment.
Sometimes things work out on the golf course and sometimes they don't. Life will go on. You try to understand what happens, but maybe today I don't want to know. I just screwed up so maybe I should just put it behind me.
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.
I got to know the lines on the golf course. You know where you're hitting the ball, you know where the trouble is, trying to keep it away from it. So I'm starting to feel a little bit more comfortable with it and hopefully I can keep it going the next couple of days.
I didn't make any mistakes today, kept the ball in play, hit a lot of greens and probably the only flaw on my whole day was I didn't make the putts that I thought I would.