Gregory John Norman AO

Order of Australia

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 (born 10 February 1955) is an Australian professional golfer

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 and entrepreneur who spent 331 weeks as the world's Number 1 ranked

Official World Golf Rankings

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 golfer in the 1980s and 1990s. He is nicknamed The Great White Shark or sometimes simply The Shark – a reference to Norman's blond hair, size and aggressive golf style and the shark inhabiting Australian waters.
Norman was born in Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia to Merv and Toini Norman.