Author Hughes Norton in studio | Boomer & Gio
WFAN Daily
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3.8 • 794 Ratings
🗓️ 14 June 2024
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Author Hughes Norton joins us in the studio to talk about his book, ‘Rainmaker’. Hughes was Tiger Woods’ first agent so we talked a lot about Tiger Woods. We also touched on other golf topics like the PGA Tour versus LIV.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is brought to you by Pepsi Max. |
| 0:03.0 | With the UA for Champions League kicking off |
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| 0:24.8 | There's a new book out now, Rainmaker by Hughes Norton, Super Agent who was there in the very |
| 0:31.2 | beginning of Tiger Woods' career explosion, working with Tiger, working with Earl Woods, working with Nike when all of that |
| 0:39.9 | happened. And this book details all of that, his relationship with Greg Norman, some of the |
| 0:44.9 | things that led to live and Hughes is in studio with us this morning. Hughes, good morning. How were you? |
| 0:51.1 | Great, Gio. Good to be with you guys. Thanks guys thanks for having me on yeah it's great to see |
| 0:54.7 | and as we're watching the u.s open there's tiger woods and i'm going to start with tiger woods |
| 0:59.4 | with you because that's a big part of this book you found him uh as a 13 year old somehow and you |
| 1:06.8 | recount how you met him in this book and and how it all started for him and the deals that you made with him and his dad Earl for title list and, of course, Nike. |
| 1:17.5 | What made you go and find a 13-year-old Tiger Woods in California? |
| 1:24.0 | Well, it's funny. |
| 1:24.6 | All the tennis guys at IMG who chase younger players all the time. |
| 1:28.6 | For example, Carlos Alcarez, signed with an agent when he was 13. |
| 1:32.5 | But golf, especially in those days, not at all. |
| 1:36.0 | You know, kids would go to college usually for four years, the Curtis Strangers, and then turn pro. |
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