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Shark Sighting
1981

IMAGE: Greg Norman


Norman made a great first impression.
photograph by John Iacono



When a 26-year-old Greg Norman played in his first Masters, he already had earned a reputation as one of the world's great young talents by virtue of his 15 international titles-none in the U.S. "Just being here is probably the greatest thrill of my life," Norman said after an opening 69, which tied him for the lead. "When I turned pro, my ambition was to play Augusta National."

Were it not for a killing double bogey at the 10th on Sunday, Norman might have been able to beat Tom Watson, who won his second green jacket. Norman finished fourth but showed that he would be a force in the future. "With his platinum-blond Prince Valiant hairdo," wrote Herbert Warren Wind in The New Yorker, "Norman looks more like a surfer than a golfer, but ... [he] should do very well if he decides to campaign in this country."


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