PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico (AP) -- Greg Norman is a busy man, running all sorts of companies. So for him to stop and play a PGA TOUR event these days, he usually needs extra incentive.
A few weeks ago, it was joining his 22-year-old son at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. This week, it's playing the Mayakoba Golf Classic on a course he designed.
"I was going to be down here anyway, so ... why not?" said Norman, a 2001 inductee into the World Golf Hall of Fame who has played only four PGA TOUR events the last four years, his time otherwise spent laying out courses, overseeing a vineyard and a clothing company, all while going through an ugly divorce then getting engaged to former tennis star Chris Evert.
"If you're here," Norman added, "you might as well tee it up if you're feeling well. And I feel OK. We'll be able to tell come Friday or Sunday."
Norman had hoped to play last year in the inaugural event -- the PGA TOUR's first-ever stop south of the border -- but wasn't healthy enough. A cold slowed him earlier this week, but he was on the tee box for the pro-am Wednesday, curious to seeing if his inside knowledge can help him make the cut, something he hasn't done on the TOUR since 2005.
The Shark would've had a better chance of sticking around for the weekend at this tournament last year.
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