No shock that Greg Norman didn't contend at the Senior British Open at Royal Troon last weekend. He had left a lot of his heart and game and strength at Royal Birkdale at the non-senior British Open the week before.
But it would not be a surprise to see him among the leaders in the U.S. Senior Open this week. The way he looked in battling Padraig Harrington, he sure showed that, recharged, he ought to be a match for anybody in the 50-and-over set.
Best yet, the winner of the U.S. Senior Open gets an automatic berth in the next year's U.S. Open. So a win for the Shark this week will get him into the field at Bethpage in 2009, which would be quite cool.