Wednesday, 12 December 2012

Sick Norman pulls out of Australian PGA Championship (Reuters)

Greg Norman of Australia walks under an umbrella on the 15th green during the second round of the European Masters golf tournament in the Swiss mountain resort of Crans-Montana August 31, 2012. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

(Reuters) - Greg Norman withdrew from his home Australian PGA Championship after only two holes on Thursday due to a bout of food poisoning. The 57-year-old former world number one bogeyed the first two of his opening round at the Palmer Coolum resort in southern Queensland state before deciding he could not continue. "He's had a bad night," Australian PGA chief Brian Thorburn told reporters. "He tried to soldier on through the tournament but after a couple of holes it just wasn't possible for him. "He's under medical attention at the moment." Norman was one of the A$1.25 million ($1. ...




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