Book description
Greg Norman (known universally as the Great White Shark for his
rugged blonde Aussie looks) will go down in golfing history as one of
the greatest of all time - the finest performer to grace a golf course
between the golden era of Jack Nicklaus and the modern era of Tiger
Woods. Before Woods, Greg had occupied the Official World No. 1
Rankings far longer than any other player in the modern game, with an
incredible 331 weeks at the top.
Greg sensationally won The Open Championship twice, in 1986 and
1993, has 20 PGA and European Tour wins to his name and 29 top ten
finishes in majors. But despite such huge success, he is perhaps best
loved as the nearly man in so many other big tournaments: particularly
The Masters, US Open, and PGA Championship. He was equally a victim of
his own bad luck, and good luck on the part of his fellow golfers
(losing a near-certain PGA Championship win in 1986 after Bob Tway
holed a bunker shot, and losing The Masters the following year in a
playoff by an even more miraculous 45-yard chip shot from Larry Mize),
and a couple of infamous 'chokes' where Norman's wobble-prone putting
got the better of him.
But it's not just a story of the highs and lows of a golfing legend
either. Greg Norman has made a huge success in business since leaving
the top rank of golf, with an empire worth hundreds of millions of
dollars, and he offers the motivational truths that have driven him to
win on both the fairway and beyond.
Using his familiar charm and humour, Greg's own book will be an
honest look at the long and arduous path to success - a journey
littered with hard work, hard decisions, knowing when to trust your
instincts, handling failure, psychological doubts, finding self-belief
and learning from mistakes - an inspiration to any sportsman.
Greg Norman was born in 1955 in Queensland, Australia. Though always
something of a loner, he enjoyed cricket, rugby, Aussie Rules and
surfing as a youngster, and dreamed of becoming an Australian Air Force
pilot. He started getting interested in golf around the age of 15 when
he became his mother's caddy for her weekly golf round and started
teaching himself from a Jack Nicklaus instruction book.
