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Greg Norman took a little while to get going this week. He started out on Thursday with six pars in a row, an unremarkable beginning to his latest bid for that elusive green jacket. Having missed the cut in his last two Tour events, was this shaping up to be another forgettable week for the Great White Shark?
Nope! No! No sir! See, when Greg finally gets going, he really gets going. You know how he rolls. Those six consecutive garden-variety pars were quickly followed by a three-birdie blitz, and suddenly he was hitting the turn in 33. Then he really started motoring, tearing up the back nine. Six more birdies on his way home, the last courtesy of a spike mark on 18 that deflected a wayward putt into the hole. Hey, when it’s your day, it’s your day, and you’ve got to take your luck while the going’s good. Back in blistering style, 30 strokes, for a course-record-equalling first round of 63.
