European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 02, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse 2, ,.v � ites Greg Norman s legacy is hard Tope. Even now in the tooth afterglow of Sharkie s sudden life at the world series of Golf where the aussie became the King at last on a sudden death sunday. He had one everybody s saying it. Norman ripped a Long Curling Chip across the Green Ohio velvet dead Center into the climactic cup to Harpoon playoff rivals Nick Price and Billy May fair. This does t make up for the masters tournament where Larry Mize holed a brutally difficult Chip to nauseated Norman it won t erase Sharkie s pain from the pea championship where Bob Tway pick pocketed Greg s glory by dropping a blast from a Bunker at the final Green. It does t make Greg forget the near miss agony of being the Only golfer Ever to lose playoffs in All four major championships. But it helps. Norman s Success in Akron was his weirdest yet he became Overly enraged at an incident aug. 24, a thursday involving playing companion Mark Mccumber Greg accused his fellow pea tour millionaire of cheating. Mccumber hotly denied it. It was the shark s word against Mark s. I know what i saw is Norman s unwavering stance. He claims Mccumber used a Putter to illegally tap smooth a Spike Mark on a Green. Mark s rebuttal1 i saw a Bug in my putting line and was simply smashing Norman was beyond bugged. After fuming in with a round of 73, Greg would t sign his scorecard which had been kept by Mccumber. Norman said he was withdrawing in protest of Mark s controversial tap dance. Nornan telephoned his office in Palm Beach Fla business aides begged the shark to reconsider. He talked with wife Laura. She asked Greg to not penalize Hubert Mizell St. Petersburg times himself Over actions of another. Sharkie stuck around. Sunday s Chip in made Norman the pea tour s Champion Money Winner leapfrogging Lee Janzen in 1995 rankings surpassing Tom Kite for All time. Even so i wonder How golfs incredibly Partil a historians will treat Nornan based on today s evidence plus what the shark is yet to amass. How is Norman Likely to rate in comparison to Jack Nicklaus Ben Hogan and other grand achievers named Jones Nelson Sarazen Palmer Hagen player Snead Watson Trevino and Floyd Norman has a major flaw. He is haunted by his shortage of major championships. Norman s Cache is but two both British opens with Zero grand slam victories in the . Open masters or pea championship. Maybe we re always expecting too much of Norman an immensely gifted and naturally gregarious aussie now his 41st year. I know i have. Sharkie s game is so pure so powerful so total and so consistently competitive. Norman s fiery enthusiasm is both his dandies plus and most dogging minus. Golf is a sport of harnessed Zeal. Nicklaus Hogan and other icons knew when to gun the engine and when to bridle Back. If Only the shark could be better controlled his emotions in the major championship clutch. There was ample Norman Talent to win at least a half dozen majors maybe even a dozen Greg has had the game to Challenge any course and any Man in any Era. History keeps watching. Skripps Howard news service Greg Norman has constantly had to rebound from flops in majors. Answers to sport sword Page 24 Page 18 beyond the game september 2-8, 1995
