Norman on economy: ‘PGA Tour is suffering’
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Listening to Greg Norman here has been a bit like listening to a Bruce Springsteen song.
“These jobs are going, boys, and they ain’t coming back,” Springsteen sings in “My Hometown.” Norman sang a similar dirge with his state of the globe speech here before this week's Dubai World Championship.
Unlike “My Hometown,” which ends with Springsteen’s protagonist being forced to pack his bags and head to newer territory, Norman at least offers some salvation. However, he made it plain that golf’s gravy train has left the station.
Not that we needed Norman to point out the obvious. One look around Dubai tells you that the global recession has bitten hard. Supposedly a fifth of the world’s cranes are in Dubai. Appearances suggest most of them have mechanical failure because very few are in operation. The economic downturn has turned the power buttons off.
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