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The Fried Egg Golf Podcast

Superagent Hughes Norton on Tiger Woods, the Origins of the World Tour Model, and More

The Fried Egg Golf Podcast

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Golf, Sports

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2024

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

Andy and Joseph start out with what they are IN and OUT on this week. including gambling ads, Paddy Harrington's social media, and the absence of match play on the PGA Tour. Hughes Norton, a famed professional golf agent, then joins Andy to discuss the new book he co-authored with George Peper, Rainmaker. Hughes worked for Mark McCormack, founder of IMG, and was the agent for players like Tiger Woods, Greg Norman, and Bobby Clampett. They dive into stories from his career in golf highlighted in the book and some that didn't make the pages. Topics discussed include the origins of a world golf tour model, Tiger's early years and working with Earl Woods, the start of the OWGR, Seve Ballesteros' double swoosh visor, and much more. Finally, Joseph returns for recommendations.

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0:00.0

I'm already upset when I find my ball in the bunker I'm really upset and when I find my ball in a fried egg

0:06.8

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0:11.8

I'm about ready to run off the golf course Welcome. Welcome back to another edition of the Friday Golf Podcast. I am Andy Johnson.

0:40.0

Today we have a big interview. We've got Hughes Norton who was one of the one of the

0:47.7

biggest agents in the game of golf for a couple of decades, rep everyone from Curtis Strange, Ben Crenshaw to Greg Norman,

0:59.4

and he signed Tiger Woods.

1:01.7

He was Tiger Woods his first agent. So lots of stories, lots of thoughts on the current landscape of golf. He just wrote a book called Rainmaker. So that book goes for sale on sale today on Amazon. You can

1:18.2

purchase that there. It's a super interesting book. You can you learn a lot about like the business of golf and how

1:29.6

Business of men's and women's professional golf. I mean on top of the men that I mentioned he

1:37.8

also repped like Nancy Lopez, Laura Ba. So, a formative figure in the world of golf.

1:48.1

And he has a lot of stories, lots of great stories.

1:51.3

The book is full of some amazing insights into some of the best players ever to play the game.

1:57.0

So I recommend checking the book out. Also was really fun chatting with Hughes could have gone for hours with all the

2:06.0

the stories and information this that guy has and his brain about meds professional

2:12.0

golf so excited for everybody to listen and his brain about men's professional golf.

2:12.8

So excited for everybody to listen to that

2:15.8

on the back half of this, but first, Joseph,

2:18.6

what are you in on?

2:20.8

Andy, I am in on the Houston Open in a better time slot here in the spring this week.

2:27.0

Memorial Park, interesting golf course, public golf course.

2:31.0

The Houston Open's been in the fall when they've had the

2:35.6

tournament at this particular golf course so it doesn't always get quite the

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