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Tuesday
Oct122010

I Have Failed You, My Dear Readers

Reader Seitz is correct, I missed the best part of Greg Norman's sitdown schmoozefest with Lewine Mair. While I reveled in answers that only an IMG press agent could love while the Shark waxed on about his beef and Presidents Cup arm sling, he lobbed this hanging curveball. Speaking of Lorena Ochoa's involvement in an Olympic design job for the Rio Olympics in Brazil, where Portuguese is the native language.

"It may be a learning process for her, but it can only help our cause that she can speak Spanish..."

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Methinks a certain lawyer is spending way too much time perusing the words of one shark-like creature on-line. Me, I'm trying to keep up with Stephanie Wei's tweet photos from Hawaii, so not much time for Greg. Nice catch Bill.
10.12.2010 | Unregistered CommenterSmolmania
What happened to Mr. Hills?
Or is this an Ochoa-Norman-Hills venture?
10.12.2010 | Unregistered CommenterDr. Drew
clearly greg was enjoying some of his product during that interview
10.12.2010 | Unregistered Commentersmails
Well, Smols, I have a lot more free time this year since the Angels missed the playoffs.
10.12.2010 | Unregistered CommenterSeitz
In fairness to Norman, Annika and Jack have also diversified their brands, put that high quality stamp on things bovine and vine in case you want to be like them too. Me, I can't buy enough Norman stuff to fill up the emptiness inside.
10.12.2010 | Unregistered CommenterKlink
A bit of a nit-pick really !
10.12.2010 | Unregistered CommenterJock
Spanish is definitely second best in Brazil and will actually allow one to get by quite well.
10.12.2010 | Unregistered CommenterRev Run
Americans , criticising other Nationalities on Geography ?

Theres a first !
10.12.2010 | Unregistered CommenterJock
The world's most interesting man speaks French in Russian, so why can't Lorena speak Portuguese in Spanish?

Stay thirsty, my friends.

Anyway, Norman is worth at least a brazillion dollars ,so he can get an interpretor.
10.12.2010 | Unregistered Commenterdigsouth
What are the odds Greg finds a new wife while he's down there?!? And the Aero Meixco exec better keep a close eye on his...!
10.12.2010 | Unregistered CommenterRev Run
Who's the interesting guy who speaks French in Russian?
10.12.2010 | Unregistered CommenterHawkeye
Hawkeye - you'll know him when you see him. He'll come up to you some day and punch you in the face...and you'll thank him after. Or perhaps you'll meet his mother. She's got a tattoo that says "son".

Of course, if you really want to know about him, rent some James Bond movies. They're documentaries.
10.13.2010 | Unregistered CommenterReverendTMac

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