One of the Northern Territory’s most prestigious amateur tournaments beginning next week also carries a unique association with the family of Greg Norman.
The NT Classic, which begins next Thursday at Darwin Golf Club, is an Open, Senior and Junior event all in one.
The overall winner in the women’s tournament receives the ‘Crystal Shark’, a glass trophy made by Waterford Crystal in Ireland first commissioned by Greg Norman and currently held by Alice Springs Golf Club member Kate Buckland.
The Norman connection dates to 1994, when the NT District Women’s Golf Association was formed in a split from the NT Group Golf Association.
The inaugural president was Liz Palmer, from Darwin GC, who invited Toini Norman, the mother of Australia’s world No. 1 player and dual major champion as well as being a fine golfer herself, to be the first patron.
Three years later Toini Norman…