Growing up, Norman wanted to be a pilot in the Australian Air Force. "I wanted to fly F-16s," he recalled in
Maclean's. Norman excelled at sports as a youngster. "I was scrawny when I was about 12 or 13," he recalled in the New York Times. "Then I began doing lots of surfing and swimming and football. I had a very good physical-education teacher at school who was a specialist in developing lower-back and leg muscles. I got on machines and weights there. The swimming and surfing helped upper-body muscles." Norman ran track and played rugby, Australian rules football, cricket, and squash.
Learns from Mom
Norman did not take up the game of golf until he was 16. One day he was acting as caddy for his mother, Toini. When she took a break, Norman borrowed her clubs and tried playing. He discovered that he had natural ability for the game. Norman started working with Charlie Erp, a golf teaching professional at the Royal Queensland Golf Club, who encouraged him to hit the ball as hard and as far as he could and not worry about whether it went straight.
Learns from best
Soon Norman began working on his accuracy and improved so that he could consistently play par golf.
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