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Conference 7.286::golf

Title:	Welcome to the Golf Notes Conference!
Notice:	FOR SALE notes in Note 69 please! Intros in note 863 or 61.
Moderator:	FUNYET::ANDERSON

Created:	Tue Feb 15 1994
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2129
Total number of notes:	21499

252.0. "MCI, great memory for the boy...!" by MSEE::KELLEY (Keep_it_in_play, TITANIUM_X-STIFF) Tue Apr 19 1988 13:25

    
    	I was touched (ok no wise cracks) to see and hear the story
    	of the boy that was at the MCI tourney to see Greg Norman. I
    	thought it was outstanding the way things worked out. Greg
    	offering to take the boy back home in his private plane so that
    	he would be able to see the entire tourney. And then to top
    	it all off he got to see Greg win AND to have Greg give him
    	the trophy. The kid has one heck of a weekend to remember,
    	it's great...!
    
    	Gene

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
252.1	Me too	OBRIEN::KEVIN	Another up and down day	`Tue Apr 19 1988 14:41`	4
	I agree! I did notice that Greg stuck the check in his pocket though. KO
252.2	One SUPER CLASS ACT!!!	USWAV3::FAGERBERG		`Tue Apr 19 1988 15:12`	8
	Greg Norman is one class act! He deserved the win. And how many others out there on the tour would go out of thier way as much as Norman did? A really super, compassionate, and unselfish act! And I genuinely believe it was done from his heart, not because he was on television. I'll be cheering for Greg Norman from now on!
252.3	and......	MTBLUE::FREEMAN_KEVI	The Squeeky Wheel = Neglect	`Tue Apr 19 1988 15:36`	2
	Please enlighten me more as the local paper has some short commings, and I missed sunday's round.
252.4	The story...short version.	MSEE::KELLEY	Keep_it_in_play, TITANIUM_X-STIFF	`Tue Apr 19 1988 16:04`	21
	RE: .3 The way I heard it was that this boy (I didn't catch his name) sent Greg a letter asking for his autograph or whatever, Greg sent him a postcard with his autograph. The kid got it the day before he went into the hospital, which helped to raise his spirits. Since then the boy found out that he has lucemia. He became a lucema wish child, they give you a wish like to go to Disney World. This boy desided he wanted to meet Greg, so they sent him to MCI to stay and to get to meet Greg. The problem was that his return flight was going to leave Sunday at 12:30 and he would have missed the end of the tourney. Greg volunteered to take him home in his private plane so he could be there for the finish. To top it all off Greg won the tourney and gave the kid the trophy. Great gesture Greg... That is the basics from what I heard Gene
252.5	A class act	USMRM3::CBRADSHAW		`Tue Apr 19 1988 16:44`	6
	I've always thought Greg Norman was a class act. He has lost some tournaments in some very unusual ways (Bob Tway out of the bunker and of course Larry Mizes' chip in) and he always has shown a lot of class in victory as well as defeat. Chuck
252.6	A very moving scene - Norman, you're all right!	AUTHOR::F_MCGOWAN		`Tue Apr 19 1988 17:18`	6
	The young man's name is Jamie Hutton, and if you didn't get a lump in your throat watching him cross his fingers as Norman lined up the putt on 18, to stay one shot in the lead, well, you ought to have your cardiovascular system checked: you are obviously heart- less! It was one of the most outstanding moments I've seen, and I'll save that videotape a long time.