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December 14, 2007
Two Lovers in Sports: Chris Evert and Greg Norman Engaged.: Former tennis champion Chris Evert and ex-golf number one Greg Norman announced their engagement on Friday, during the South African Open golf tournament in the South-Western Cape. I didn't know where to put this: Tennis? Golf? Culture? Extreme?
posted by worldcup2002 to other at 06:47 PM - 15 comments
I don't know why I regarded Norman as a pitiable figure, given his famous collapses. The guy has enough money to afford a $100 million divorce settlement ! That's a lot of shark-logoed sweater vests and faux panama hats.
posted by rcade at 07:20 PM on December 14, 2007
Wow, didn't see that one coming It's been a feature in the tabloids down here for quite a while, along with the divorce payout. Like WC2K2, I am unable to work out what category this belongs in. Australian-American relations?
posted by owlhouse at 01:23 AM on December 15, 2007
Correct me if I am wrong owlhouse, but didn't both Greg and Chris start this when they were married to other people, thereby trashing two long time marriages? That is what gets me, we are a "throw away" society. Make an effort? Bah! That is too much like work.
posted by steelergirl at 10:18 AM on December 15, 2007
if she is ready to serve....can he make the putt!?
posted by brownindian at 10:52 AM on December 15, 2007
Good one, brownindian, I lol'd.
posted by steelergirl at 11:53 AM on December 15, 2007
Not only did they break some homes, Steelergirl, but Evert's husband was Norman's buddy and he introduced them to each other. Bet he'd like a mulligan.
posted by rcade at 12:00 PM on December 15, 2007
My first thought was ... wha..? My second thought, after reading the blurb, was "They're both the same age?" Somehow, I had the idea that Norman was much older. Maybe it's coz I think golf is an old man's game.
posted by worldcup2002 at 12:20 PM on December 15, 2007
"That is what gets me, we are a "throw away" society. Make an effort? Bah! That is too much like work. posted by steelergirl at 10:18 AM CST on December 15" With the divorce rate worldwide at around 50% (I think higher than that in the USA), getting married has no more allure than rolling dice. When the reading of the sunday paper causes me to come to the engagements/just married section, I can't help but wonder about which of the happy faces on the pages will be filled with frowns and anger someday. Greg Norman's marriage was a long one, Everett had a shorter marriage, but it lasted something like a decade plus. My sense on the majority of modern marriages is that the people getting married do not delve deeply into whether they love the person that they are to marry, men and women have attractions to or outright flings with others before their marriages and do not see that as a major red flag.
posted by Cave_Man at 01:15 PM on December 15, 2007
My second thought, after reading the blurb, was "They're both the same age?" Somehow, I had the idea that Norman was much older. Maybe it's coz I think golf is an old man's game. That's interesting, because I would have figured that Evert was much older, simply because I've HEARD of her for much longer than I've heard about Norman. As well, she's been retired for longer than he has, so it sort of implies being older.
posted by grum@work at 03:32 PM on December 15, 2007
Yes, you're right, steelergirl. And rcade obviously reads more gossip columns than I do :-).
posted by owlhouse at 03:48 PM on December 15, 2007
I didn't know that, rcade. That makes it even worse, IMO. Cave_Man, I agree 100% even though I am divorced. (me, once, ex-hubby, he is on #6). owlhouse, I gotta admit, I also enjoy a good trash read (re National Enquirer) once in a while too. :)
posted by steelergirl at 05:49 PM on December 15, 2007
And rcade obviously reads more gossip columns than I do I can't decide which is more embarrassing -- reading gossip columns or doing a Google search to determine when Evert and Norman jettisoned their last spouses.
posted by rcade at 07:32 PM on December 15, 2007
I can't decide which is more embarrassing -- reading gossip columns or doing a Google search to determine when Evert and Norman jettisoned their last spouses. Or the fact that you get 176,000 returns.
posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 08:45 AM on December 16, 2007
Wow, didn't see that one coming. The Shark and the Ice Princess. He had to give his ex $100m?? I guess it pays to be Mrs. Shark.