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Desert Shark | July 28, 2004 |
Medallist Developments, a joint venture between Australia's largest
investment bank, Macquarie Bank, and Greg Norman's Great White Shark
Enterprises, has closed for a $9.8 million construction loan with IndyMac
Bank Homebuilder Division.
The loan will be used for the construction of 17 luxury homes within Norman
Estates at PGA West, a private gated, 58-lot community located at the
resort in La Quinta, Calif. The homes, all of which are sold, are scheduled
for completion between January and March of 2005. |
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Greg Norman's Record 331 Weeks As World No. 1 | July 23, 2004 |
Greg Norman's first stint as World No. 1 was for 62 weeks, from Sept. 14,
1986 to Nov. 11, 1987. His longest run as No. 1 was 96 weeks, from June 18,
1995 to April 13, 1997. Norman last held the No. 1 spot on Jan. 4, 1998.
Greg Norman's Record
- 9/14/86 to 11/15/87 (62 weeks)
- 11/29/87 to 10/23/88 (48 weeks)
- 6/11/88 (1 week)
- 3/26/89 (1 week)
- 8/20/89 to 8/26/90 (54 weeks)
- 10/14/90 to 10/27/91 (16 weeks)
- 2/6/94 to 8/7/94 (27 weeks)
- 6/18/95 to 4/13/97 (96 weeks)
- 4/27/97 to 6/8/97 (7 weeks)
- 6/2/97 (1 week)
- 9/7/97 to 1/4/98 (18 weeks)
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Did You Know? | July 20, 2004 |
On this day 18 years ago, Greg Norman won the Open Championship at
Turnberry. Norman returned a 63 on the second day to equal the lowest score
in Open Championship history. He held a one-stroke advantage after the
third round and came home five strokes clear. |
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Norman Among South Florida's Biggest Sports Stars
(Palm Beach Post) | July 19, 2004 |
No 8 -- Greg Norman
It takes a hungry golfer to wear the title of "The Great White Shark." Greg
Norman swallowed it all up, the titles and the spotlight, and always went
looking for more. He's another in the flood of golfing stars who have made
this area of South Florida their home base. To Jupiter Island he returned
after those glorious victories at the British Open and those heartbreaking
losses at Augusta National, and always he was welcomed as one of the
sporting world's greatest stars.
Norman came along at just the right time, just as America was beginning to
discover the wonders of Australia, just as the PGA Tour was looking for a
money leader more electric than Curtis Strange. With that white hair and
that broad outdoorsman's hat and a way of stalking opponents with
good-natured cheer, the Shark was a killer. Don't see him out on Tour much
these days. We miss him and his casual quips and his aggressive shotmaking.
Maybe, at 50, he'll do it all again. |
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Did You Know? | July 17, 2004 |
On this date 11 years ago, Greg Norman won the British Open Championship by shooting a 64 on the final day to finish at a record 13-under-par 267. Norman won by two strokes over defending champion Nick Faldo. |
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Norman Misses Cut At Open | July 16, 2004 |
For the first time since 1980, Greg Norman failed to make the cut at the Open Championship. Though Norman failed to play four times during that period, every time he showed up, he made it to the weekend. Scores of 73-76 left him above the cut this year, however.
"My putting was just very, very pathetic," said Norman, 49, who won the Open in 1986 and 1993. "And everything else. I just couldn't get anything going. I was working on my game coming in here. I just had a bad feel with the putter and couldn't see the ball going in the hole. That was it." |
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Did You Know? | July 14, 2004 |
Greg Norman began the final round of the 1989 Open Championship at Royal Troon with six straight birdies. He finished with a 64 and joined countryman Wayne Grady and Mark Calcavecchia in the Open's first four-hole playoff. |
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Did You Know? | July 9, 2004 |
The Greg Norman designed links course at Doonbeg officially opened July 9, 2002 when the two-time British Open champion matched Irish Ryder Cup star Padraig Harrington in an 18-hole exhibition. Their match was the highlight of a four-day celebration at Doonbeg, which also included the Palmer Cup, college golf's most prestigious international competition. Both the exhibition and the Palmer Cup were broadcast on The Golf Channel. |
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Q-School To Start Nationwide In October | July 5, 2004 |
The PGA Tour has set its schedule for the 2004 National Qualifying
Tournament Regionals and Finals, tour officials have announced. The first
stage of qualifying will begin in October at 12 regional courses, followed
by second-stage play in mid-November in Texas, Florida and California.
First-stage qualifying will take place Oct. 19-22 at the TPC of Heron Bay
in Coral Springs, Fla.; the Greg Norman Course at PGA West in La Quinta,
Calif.; Jennings Mill Country Club in Bogart, Ga.; the TPC of Tampa Bay
in Lutz, Fla.; Dayton Valley Golf Club in Dayton, Nev.; Florence Country
Club in Florence, S.C.; BlackHorse Golf Club in Cypress, Tex.; Lantana Golf
Club in Lantana, Tex.; Pensacola Country Club in Pensacola, Fla.; Martin
Downs Country Club in Palm City, Fla.; San Juan Oaks in Holister, Calif.;
and Rio Rico Resort in Rio Rico, Ariz.
Second-stage qualifying will take place Nov. 10-13 at Stonebridge Ranch in
McKinney, Tex.; Hombre City Golf Club in Panama City Beach, Fla.; Deerwood
Golf Club in Kingwood, Tex.; St. Johns Golf and Country Club in St.
Augustine, Fla.; Black Horse Course in Seaside, Calif.; and Oak Valley Golf
Club in Beaumont, Calif. The six-round finals are scheduled for Dec. 1-6 at
the Stadium Course and Nicklaus Tournament Course at PGA West in La Quinta,
Calif. |
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