Greg Norman: he just wants to share his knowledge, damn it.
Two-time major champion and World Golf Hall of Fame member Greg Norman is to assist the China Golf Association (CGA) in the run-up to the 2016 Olympic Games, it was announced today.
The Australian, whose design company has built a total of five courses on mainland China in recent years, will occupy a developmental role within the organisation, itself an offshoot of the All-China Sports Federation and cheerful-sounding Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs.
In addition to mentoring members of the national golf team, based in Guangdong province, Norman will tour the People’s Republic inspecting its golf facilities and helping to put in place a coherent training program.
“I look forward to helping develop the CGA’s training program and playing a mentoring role for the national team… I genuinely believe that China as a nation will continue to grow as a major contributor to the game of golf on a worldwide basis.”
The Great White Red Shark will also be afforded the freedom to appoint two assistant coaches (Larry Mize? Bob Tway?), to whom he’ll delegate the day-to-day application of his wisdom.
The financial terms of his contract remain undisclosed.
… I’ll just leave this link here.
Conor Nagle
Greg Norman is an idol in Australia and will do a great job for China. He is the reason I took up golf over 20 years ago and I’ll always be grateful to him for that.
People seem to forget the fact that he has won over 85 international golf tournaments. More than most people could ever dream about. They prefer to focus on the negatives of his career and not the positives.
Conor – the irony of the headline is amusing but you probably want to stay away from politics in these pages, it could take this blog somewhere it doesn’t want to go.
OK, the Chinese may be using cyber-attacks against us and aiding dictators in the Middle East but…if they like golf they can’t be all bad.