Editing Greg Norman (section)

==Early life==
[[File:Young Norman in 1969 on the Great Barrer Reef, Australia.tif|thumb|Norman in 1969 on the [[Great Barrier Reef]], Australia.]]
Norman was born in [[Mount Isa]], [[Queensland]], Australia to Mervin and Toini Norman. His mother was the daughter of a [[Finns|Finnish]] carpenter, and his father an [[electrical engineering|electrical]] [[engineer]].<ref name="People"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shark.com/sharkwatch/aussierules/aussierules17.php |title=Greg Norman's official website: Reef Love – Adventures along Australia's Great Barrier Reef |publisher=Shark.com |access-date=28 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518211959/http://www.shark.com/sharkwatch/aussierules/aussierules17.php |archive-date=18 May 2011}}</ref> As a youth, he played [[rugby football|rugby]] and [[cricket]] and aspired to be a professional surfer.<ref name="People"/><ref name="Glasgow">{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=w5BAAAAAIBAJ&pg=4721%2C2746211 |title=Norman: a new - and rare - golfing talent |newspaper=[[The Glasgow Herald]] |date=13 June 1977 |page=17| access-date =1 June 2016}}</ref> His mother Toini, who had a single-figure handicap, taught the 15-year-old Norman how to play golf and allowed him to caddy for her at the [[Virginia Golf Club]] in [[Brisbane]].<ref name="People"/><ref name="SAHOF">{{Cite web|url=https://sahof.org.au/hall-of-fame-member/greg-norman/|title=Greg Norman|website=Hall of Fame|publisher=Sport Australia|access-date=26 September 2020}}</ref> Within about eighteen months, Norman went from a 27 handicap to a scratch handicap.<ref name="ABCStory">{{cite web|last=Scott|first=Adam|title=Driving Greg Norman|url=http://www.abc.net.au/austory/content/2012/s3839271.htm|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|access-date=15 December 2013}}</ref> In [[Townsville, Queensland]], Norman attended [[Townsville Central State School]] (enrolled 1964) and then [[Townsville Grammar School]] then moved on to [[Aspley State High School]] on the north side of [[Brisbane]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shark.com/sharkwatch/sharkive/sharkive26.php |title=Norman Takes State Junior Golf Title |publisher=Shark.com |date=17 December 1972 |access-date=28 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716053142/http://www.shark.com/sharkwatch/sharkive/sharkive26.php |archive-date=16 July 2011}}</ref>