Got Talent? What Scouts & Managers Are REALLY Looking For with Super Agent Hughes Norton

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🗓️ 3 April 2024

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Hughes Norton shares his journey as a super-agent in the world of professional golf. Known for his instrumental role in managing giants of the sport such as Tiger Woods and Greg Norman, Hughes Norton's career is the very definition of a rainmaker. From his early days at Harvard Business School through his time at the forefront of the sports management industry, Hughes offers an insider's perspective on the evolution and explosion of golf from the Tiger Woods era to the present.

Some highlights we explore:

How Norton's passion for golf and his background in law led him on an unexpected path to becoming a pioneer in sports management.
A look into his professional relationship with Tiger Woods and the role he played in Woods' stunning rise to fame.
The transformation of professional golf and the role of television and celebrity endorsements.
Norton's reflections on the ethical and moral choices he faced in his career and the personal costs of his success.
His insights on the importance of work ethic, passion for the game, and the dangers of complacency in the face of success.

Enjoy!

Transcript

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0:00.0	you really want to see a work ethic because the world is full, and I don't care if we're talking about actors, actresses, golfers, tennis players.
0:09.0	You've seen it. We've all seen it in high school and college. The kids that are just so much more talented than anybody else.
0:15.0	And you know what? Frequently they don't work very hard. Why? Because they haven't had to. They've always been ahead of the
0:23.7	curve, so to speak. And that's what, not to, you know, isolate Tiger, but is so dramatic. Not only was he
0:31.7	the most unbelievably talented 20-year-old and prior to that junior golfer, he worked harder than anybody else.
0:39.5	He was on top of that the most competitive kid you'd ever seen in your life.
0:45.1	He'd like to beat you at checkers or whatever you were doing.
0:48.8	And most important, I think, Chase, are equally important.
0:52.5	He loved the game.
0:55.6	And I will submit to you,
1:02.9	and you do this across all different fields of activity. If you don't love what you do,
1:07.7	I will postulate you're never going to be superb at it.
1:10.9	Hey, everybody, what's up? It's Chase. Welcome to that episode of the show.
1:12.7	Today's episode is with Hughes Norton.
1:16.5	Now, if you're not familiar with Hughes Norton, which is quite possible because he's not
1:23.0	like the typical guest, he is a super agent, Golf's super agent has represented six number one golfers around the
1:33.3	world. And most famously, he was Tiger Woods first agent. Twice named one of the most powerful
1:41.4	36 people in golf. Hughes has a fascinating career, both greatness
1:47.1	in his own discipline as a manager, an agent, a sports agent, and being, as the saying goes,
1:55.3	10 feet from greatness, close to the people who are performing the very, very best in the world
2:00.1	at one particular
2:01.4	thing.
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