"I was surprised to hear for the first time that they might be going to refer projects to me in the future. I look forward to them coming."

An Nick Tabokoff story on Greg Norman closing his course design office and opening one in China notes this from his spokesman.

Norman's spokesman Bart Collins said from the US that the company had "retrenched two or three executives" in Sydney.

Love the military terminology. So much more masculine that the B-school lingo. Or are they one and the same?

This was rather astounding:

Despite no longer playing golf regularly on the circuit, Norman remains Australia's highest-earning sportsman, with BRW estimating that he earned $15 million last year, largely because of his success in golf course design.

And now for the all out obfuscation (writer jargon for lies):

Mr Collins said Norman had the highest respect for his recently departed Australian course architects, Harrison and Kruse.

"If the project isn't appropriate to Greg Norman, we'll refer work to them," he said.

But Mr Harrison said last night: "I was surprised to hear for the first time that they might be going to refer projects to me in the future. I look forward to them coming."