Greg Norman

He married American flight attendant Laura Andrassy on July 1, 1981, but the couple later divorced, which was settled in November 2009. Their two children are Gregory and Morgan Leigh.

On June 28, 2008, he married American tennis player Chris Evert, but filed for a divorce on December 8, 2009.

He then married Kirsten Kutner, an interior decorator on November 6, 2010.

He was born on February 10, 1955, in Mount Isa in Queensland, Australia to Merv Norman and Toini Norman. His father was an electrical engineer.

In 1964 he got enrolled in the ‘Townsville Grammar School’ in the north-eastern coastal city of Townsville in Queensland. Later he attended the ‘Aspley State High School’ situated on the north side of Brisbane.

He used to play cricket, Australian Rules football and rugby in his early youth. His mother Toini was a fine golfer and Greg often served her as a caddy. This is how his interest in golf developed and when he was around 15, he started playing the sport. He is naturally a left-hander, but plays golf with right hand.

In around 18 months time he was playing to a scratch handicap from a 27 handicap.

In around 1975, he began working under Australian golf coach Billy McWilliam as assistant professional at Sydney’s ‘Beverley Park Golf Club’.

He began his professional career as a trainee under world famous golf coach Charlie Earp in the ‘Royal Queensland Golf Club’ pro shop with weekly earnings of A$38.

His brilliant performance soon made him apt as a tournament player and his first win came in 1976 at the ‘West Lakes Classic’ golf tournament, held at Adelaide’s ‘The Grange Golf Club’.

On June 11, 1977 he won at the ‘Martini International’, a men’s professional golf tournament held at ‘Blairgowrie Club’ in Scotland, marking his first victory in an European event. He won two other ‘Martini International’ golf tournaments, on May 28, 1979 and May 17, 1981.

His winning spree continued in 1980 with tournaments like the ‘French Open’, the ‘Australian Open’, the ‘Suntory World Match Play Championship’ and the ‘Scandinavian Enterprise Open’.

He is engaged with several philanthropic works such as ‘CureSearch National Childhood Cancer Foundation’.