Greg Norman: ‘Certain players…would rather be a sheep’

Greg Norman thinks some modern PGA Tour pros are a little too happy to get fat on top-20 finishes instead of chasing down wins.

“Certain players are happy just going through the motions,” Norman said to the Wall St. Journal. “They don’t want to be the leader, they would rather be a sheep. They enjoy grazing the field and getting fat and sassy.”

Perhaps Norman, who turned 60 in February, has a point — or just a different frame of reference. A total of 96 PGA Tour players earned over $ 1 million during the 2013-14 season. In 1996, the year Norman led a six-shot lead slip away in the final round of the Masters, just nine players made seven figures.

However, the Aussie also believes many players have the hunger to live in golf’s spotlight, including Jason Day, who said in January that he’d like to get to No. 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking.

“To say he wants to be the best in the world, that’s a big statement to make to yourself, let alone publicly. So he is willing to put it out there,” Norman said of his fellow Aussie.

Norman also lauded another fellow countryman, Adam Scott, who makes his 2015 debut this week at the WGC-Cadillac Championship after becoming a father two weeks ago. The Shark thinks the 2013 Masters winner could be due for even bigger things now that he’s a dad.

“His life is solidified,” Norman said. “He has everything except more tournaments. So let’s go win some more tournaments.”

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