Shark: Caroline Great For Rory Because She Is "Physically Strong"
Brian Keogh, talks to Greg Norman about the benefits (but not the perils) of dating a high profile (and physically strong!?) tennis player.
“Caroline Wozniacki is probably the best partner Rory can have because she is physically strong, she has to be that way for her sport,” said Norman, who was married to former tennis star Chris Evert when he challenged Padraig Harrington for The Open at the age of 53 in 2008.
“So for Rory and the two of them to be respectively going through their careers at this young age doing the same thing in the highest possible echelon, there’s no better partner to have sitting beside you than someone who understands what it takes to do is.
“I think the great counterbalance for Rory right now is Caroline Wozniacki. I don’t know how close they are but it just seems like they are on the same path privately and professionally.”
Just like with you and Chr...eh no.
Thursday, March 1, 2012 at 08:41 PM
Reader Comments (26)
Just joking all Aussies - almost :-)
They're not bashing Greg for giving his opinion, just his opinion itself. And who are you to decide whether he's right or wrong based on this solely based on probability (" ... he's been more right than wrong on alot (sic) of golf related issues...") and thusly pronounce all ignorant for then giving opinions counter to Greg's? So, let me get this straight, b/c of his track record of the correctness of his opinions on golf-related issues, therefore, he must be correct on this (fallacious reasoning) and therefore anyone questioning this is ignorant (circular reasoning).
Greg comes off to me as accomplished in many rather areas of life; sadly none of them that very important to society as a whole (or not in a way at least that benefits society as a whole). He seems clueless in many ways. Now, whether he incorrect or correct on this depends on his frame of reference. Does he offer his opinion based on Rory dating whoever in reference to Rory's golf game, or his life, or whatever? I assume it's in reference to Rory's golf game. If so, is this best for Rory? Who knows why Rory was placed on Earth. Perhaps Rory will chunk it all and become a minister or something. Would then Greg's opinions be valid on what he feels best suits Rory? Greg ought to get busy doing something of value rather than speaking of others' mates.
You forgot to include Sunday afternoons in Georgia.
Just not at all clear on what you are talking about there.
Maybe Tex' question is better framed "aprt from golf, what has Greg Norman done for the world at large that's positive?"
We did however have a good laugh the time he drank a lot of beer in the locker room at Bay Hill, drove his Ferrari home in his spikes, then slipped and fell in his garage when his spikes hit the slick concrete!
Did you forget to ready my post in carefully? I clearly stated "golf related" matters...and having a supportive partner is VERY important to one's long terms success. Rory's girlfriend also happens to be quite good in her chosen sport so I would say Greg's opinion is valid in this case.
Has Greg changed the world with his wines, beef, clothing, restaurants, and golf course design business...probably not...but no one is exactly curing cancer out there despite all the hype. As for his track record, hard to argue with how influential he was in "golf" and how exciting he was in his prime. He's earned his place on the soapbox.
I was (also) referring to Greg's ORIGINAL idea about having "World Golf Championships"...which Finchem poopoo'd and then went and copied a few years later. Also, he was a big supporter/advocate for golf being an Olympic sport (see highlights of him hitting balls into the crowd at the 2000 Sydney Olympics). He was also very instrumental in putting modern Australian Golf on the world map thru his play in the 80's and 90's and inspired a new generation of young golfers.
As for his relationship opinion about young Rory...well if anyone would know about the ups and downs of marital bliss...aside from Halimony and Daly...Greg's right up there methinks.
The World Tour was not Greg's original idea. Peter Thomson was talking about it in the early 1970s.
I think in Greg's case, despite all his "faults" on and off the course, he's had tremendous success in many aspects of life, and thus has strong opinions. In my case, when he speaks, I tend to listen. I may not agree with him or understand where he's totally coming from, but I'll give him my ear and see what he has to say and where he's coming from.
If anyone knows what it's like for a sportsman to deal with defeat and disappointment in life's ups and downs...it would be him. He was the main reason I took a full-on interest in Golf back in 86'. I would love to see him commit full time to the senio...err...champions tour full time like Peter Thompson did in the 80's and dominate! But that won't ever happen unfortunately.
As for the topic of this thread, he's mostly correct. Having a girlfriend that can relate to what Rory has to go through is a good thing, rather than someone who does little more than look good from afar and spends her boyfriend's money on high heeled shoes and designer handbags....of which there are more than few out there but that's a different ball of wax altogether.