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Greg Norman is a two-time Champion Golfer of the Year, a winner of 88 global tournaments and perhaps Australia’s finest player. His place as an all-time great is assured.
Norman won The Open in 1986 and 1993, and those victories – not to mention eight other top-10 finishes in his attempts to be named Champion Golfer of the Year – make him one of the most consistent players in the history of the world’s oldest championship.
It took Norman 11 years after his first Open appearance to claim the Claret Jug for the first time.
He came close at the Old Course in 1984, but despite a final-round 67 he could not catch Seve Ballesteros. Then two years later, he arrived at Turnberry as world No. 3, but still seeking his first major.
His second-round 63 – when only 15 players broke par on Friday – remains one of the all-time great Open cards, with five-time Champion Golfer Tom Watson describing it as, “the greatest round ever played in a tournament in which I was a competitor.”
And in the shadow of the famous lighthouse, Norman closed it out to the delight of the Scottish crowd. He hit the pin with his approach into the par-4 13th, and signed for a 1-under 69 to win by five shots.
“Outside of Australia, Britain was the first place that accepted me as a professional golfer,” he said afterward. “To win my first Open here in front of that gallery was the best feeling ever.
“I had already promised the trophy to my mum – she was the first person, other than me, to put her hands on it.”
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