{"id":797833,"date":"2026-10-10T06:54:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T06:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/797833\/"},"modified":"2026-10-10T06:54:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T06:54:18","slug":"butch-harmon-states-what-most-golf-fans-do-not-realise-about-greg-norman-he-doesnt-get-enough-credit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/797833\/","title":{"rendered":"Butch Harmon states what most golf fans do not realise about Greg Norman, \u2018he doesn’t get enough credit\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Greg Norman has become better known for his role as former CEO of LIV Golf in recent years, but he was one of the best golfers of his day. <\/p>\n

Because he\u2019s largely remembered for letting opportunities to win major championships slip through his grasp, most notably at the 1996 Masters where he blew up a big lead to Sir Nick Faldo on Sunday, Norman has become somewhat underrated.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He was a two-time major champion, winning The Open Championship twice, and he won 20 PGA Tour events in his career. He\u2019s also a 14-time winner on the European Tour and a 33-time winner on the PGA Tour of Australasia. <\/p>\n

At his peak, Norman was the best player on the planet, and Tiger Woods\u2019 former coach, Butch Harmon, says he doesn\u2019t get enough credit for one area of his game. <\/p>\n

Butch Harmon says Greg Norman doesn\u2019t get enough credit for his short game <\/p>\n

Before forming a legendary partnership with the greatest golfer of all time, Woods, Harmon worked with Norman in the early 90s to resurrect his struggling game. <\/p>\n

After years of working with the Australian, Harmon told Golf Digest that one area of his game isn\u2019t appreciated enough. <\/p>\n

Harmon said, \u201cHe doesn\u2019t get credit for this; he had a great short game. People don\u2019t realize what a great short game he had around the greens and pitching it and stuff. <\/p>\n

\u201cI can remember instances down at his house in Florida; he had that beautiful short game area. We were down there one night hitting pitch shots or working on stuff, drinking some Australian beer. <\/p>\n

\u201cAll of a sudden I\u2019m hitting a few and took a little too much divot, and he said, \u2018Whoa, whoa, whoa, what are you doing here? You took out my turf!\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cWhere he was practising, it looked like he was bruising the ground. It was such a beautiful flight, and I had a little too much shaft where it got stuck in the ground, and he said, \u2018No, you\u2019re done here you\u2019re ruining my practice area.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Greg Norman\u2019s short game statistics prove Butch Harmon right <\/p>\n

The numbers back Harmon\u2019s observation. In 1993, the year he won his second Open Championship while working with Harmon, Norman recorded a 72.8% scrambling percentage on the PGA Tour. <\/p>\n

At the time, this was the highest single-season scrambling percentage recorded since the PGA Tour officially began tracking the statistic in 1992. <\/p>\n

During his dominant stretch in the mid-1990s, his ability to rescue pars kept him at the top of leaderboards. He posted strong scrambling numbers year after year, such as 67.7% in 1994 and 63.0% in 1995, often placing him near the top of Tour efficiency categories. <\/p>\n

Norman was also widely recognized as a master out of greenside bunkers. During his peak seasons, he consistently ranked near the top of the PGA Tour in sand-save percentage, converting over 60% of his greenside bunker shots into pars.\u00a0<\/p>\n

These numbers show that Norman was one of the best short game players ever to live. <\/p>\n

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