Shark: Finchem Must Be Using Smoke And Mirrors

Derek Lawrenson scores an exclusive interview with Greg Norman, who talks about how losing the Open last year was nothing compared with laying off his staff.

In a sidebar he also is quoted about the PGA Tour:

United States Tour: Commissioner Tim Finchem must be using smoke and mirrors to keep it buoyant, that's all I can say. Either that or he's working his way through a huge war chest. We run one tournament and I know how hard it is getting sponsorship. Multiply that by how many tournaments he runs. I wouldn't want to be in his shoes, to tell you the truth.

And this on the U.S. economy:

It's dead and it's a long time before it's coming back. Run what's considered a small to medium business like mine, in the $200million to $500m turnover range and there's no incentives to grow. It's going to take a long time for business to recover and the rest of the world is going to recover quicker than America.