Latest big name hit by the COVID-19 virus is none other than The Shark himself — Greg Norman.
Last time we saw Norman he was competing in the PNC Championship and tied for ninth with son Gregory. Good chance he may have contracted it from Greg Jr. as he and finacee Michelle, came down with the virus.
Norman wasn’t feeling well. He tested negative on on December 23 (Tuesday) but couldn’t ignore the symptoms. He went to the hospital on Christmas Day and had been released from Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center on Saturday. But then Norman returned to the hospital to receive an “infusion of Bamlanivimab antibody.”
The Shark provided this update on his Twitter page:
“I hope this will be my final update on this COVID saga of mine. Now back in hospital after getting a positive result on my PCR COVID test. Getting an infusion of Bamlanivimab antibody. The path to full recovery. Hoping to be out later today.
“Want to thank the excellent Doctors RN’s and staff at Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center for their incredible dedication and professionalism looking after and caring for patients in need in the face of having COVID in getting this infusion. They have my utmost of respect. Also to all out there, please take this very very serious. If you get it, the variations and intensity of symptoms varies from person to person. I am fit and strong and have a high tolerance for pain but this virus kicked the crap out of me like nothing I have ever experienced before. Muscle and joint pain on another level. Headaches that feel like a chisel going through your head scrapping little bits off each time, fever, muscles that just did not want to work like yesterday walking my dog Apollo my quads and hip flexors just did not want to work due to fatigue. Then my taste failed where beer tastes bad and wine the same. And finally at times struggling with memory of names and things. Then there is irritation. So please take care.
” And for those doubters out there, do not judge or cast unwarranted comments and opinions I would not anyone, even you, to experience this hideous virus. So I ask, do what is right, not just for you, but your family friends co-workers and other people around. I am luckier than most and for that I am thankful and blessed. Also the world is blessed science has acted and performed like never before in getting a vaccine for all to eventually receive. Thank you to those people. We need to get our world back in healthy harmony so we can get healthy economically and prosperously with millions and millions people getting their lives back. God bless those infected and who may fall unwittingly to this virus. My prayers and thoughts go out to you all. Once out of here today back to quarantine.”
TaylorMade Resurrects Tight Lies Club:
You may or may not recall the name Barney Adams but he was the man who created the “Tight Lies” company that produced specialty clubs then grew to produce all sorts of specialty clubs and eventually irons.
TaylorMade answered Barney’s dreams back in 2012 when it bought the company for $70 million. TaylorMade picked up some proprietary holdings and basically eliminated yet another competitor from the equipment field.
Now it looks like TaylorMade will market a Tight Lies club for direct-to-consumer sales.
The company brought out a television campaign in November and the TM version of the Tight Lies fairway wood comes with a 14 percent larger face and comes in two lofts — 16 degrees (three-wood) and 19-degrees (five-wood). The clubs are only being sold online for $179 on an Adams website that TaylorMade created specifically to market the club.
Thus far the response is what TaylorMade was hoping for.
“I would say it’s at least met or exceeded our expectations,” said John Gonsalves, vice president of direct-to-consumer and digital sales at TaylorMade. “We haven’t pushed any kind of media. We just wanted to get some stuff out and learn some things. The response has been really good. I’m very pleased, as is the company. We knew it was going to be well-received, with the word of mouth from golfers driving it.”
