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Opera Australia Hunter Valley Classic Tees Off In May
(Opera Australia) | March 24, 2004 |
The Medallist Wine and Gourmet Weekend 2004, now in its 12th year, will be held at The Vintage, in the heart of the Hunter Valley on Friday 30 April and Saturday 1 May 2004.
One of the major highlights of the weekend will be a four-ball Ambrose event - The Opera Australia Hunter Valley Golf Classic - at the Greg Norman-designed, championship golf course The Vintage, nominated as one of Australia's 50 Best Courses in 2004. The glamorous golfer and Medallist Ambassador Deborah Hutton will join the competition on the Saturday. Tickets are $180 per person and include lunch on course and an awards ceremony.
For the fourth consecutive year, Opera Australia's major fundraising weekend will enjoy the support of Medallist Developments, an international developer of premier lifestyle communities. All funds raised at The Medallist Wine and Gourmet Weekend contribute directly to the main stage activities of Australia's flagship opera company, Opera Australia. |
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Freeman To Join List Of Celebrity Pace Car Drivers
(Sportsticker) | March 18, 2004 |
INDIANAPOLIS -- Actor Morgan Freeman will go from Driving Miss Daisy to
driving the pace car for the Indianapolis 500. Talk show host and comedian
Jay Leno, actor James Garner and Greg Norman are among the former
celebrities bestowed with the honor of driving the pace car at the
Indianapolis 500. |
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Greg Norman Collection Comes To Outlet Mall
(Jacksonville Business Journal) | March 11, 2004 |
Greg Norman Collection, a distributor of men's sportswear, has opened
an outlet store at Belz Factory Outlet World in St. Augustine. The
3,000-square-foot store offers men's and women's sportswear, golf
apparel and accessories.
Established in 1992, the collection is based on professional golfer
Greg Norman and is identified by a four-color shark logo. Greg Norman
Collection is a division of Reebok International Ltd. The store will be
located next to Tommy Hilfiger. |
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Norman Commits To Honda Classic
(South Florida Sun-Sentinel) | March 4, 2004 |
Greg Norman committed Wednesday to playing the Honda Classic March
11-14 at The Country Club at Mirasol in Palm Beach Gardens. Norman will
join Davis Love III, John Daly, Fred Couples and defending champion
Justin Leonard as headliners. For ticket information, call 866-846-6328. |
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Extra Holes, Stirring Finishes
(Palm Beach Post) | March 3, 2004 |
Greg Norman was involved in the most memorable playoff at Doral. In 1990,
Norman shot a final-round 62 to make it into a four-way playoff with Mark
Calcavecchia, Paul Azinger and Tim Simpson. Norman wasted little time in
the playoff, chipping in for eagle on the par-5 first hole. "You knew with
four guys who were playing well, it was going to take at least a 4 to move
on, but a 3 would probably get you the win," Norman said. "I just played
aggressively."
But that approach didn't help Norman in the 1989 British Open playoff with
Calcavecchia and Wayne Grady. That was the year the Royal & Ancient
switched from sudden-death to a four-hole aggregate score, which seemed to
bother Norman after he opened the playoff with two birdies to take the
lead.
"After that, I'm thinking this tournament should be over and done with and
I should be the British Open champion -- I would have been the year
before," Norman said. "Rightly or wrongly, that went through my mind. Then
I got a little aggressive on the next hole because I wanted to close it out
with another birdie." Instead, he bogeyed the third hole to fall into a tie
and ultimately never finished the last hole after his third shot went out
of bounds. Calcavecchia stuck his approach shot close and won his only
major. |
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Did You Know? | March 1, 2004 |
Greg Norman (1993) and Jim Furyk (2000) share the 72-hole Ford Championship at Doral record at 23-under 265. |
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