For the better part of three decades, Greg Norman fought the PGA Tour hierarchy, a global sports icon who believed he should be able to parlay his appeal into opportunities beyond the constraints of the North American-based golf circuit, without impunity.
The Tour leadership consistently viewed the situation differently, believing that no star player is bigger than the game, and that the rules in place were meant to protect sponsors and television rightsholders, allowing for the ever-growing purses that wouldn’t be possible otherwise.
