Golfer’s Wife Gets Her Fair Share

Golfer’s Wife Gets Her Fair Share

Posted to Relevant News by Amanda Lockhart on Mon, 06/25/2007 - 9:27am

Pro golfer Greg Norman and his estranged wife Laura have reached an agreement last week on dividing $300 million in assets. Sounds like a nice problem to have, right? I mean, how difficult can your life really be when you've owned seven private jets?

Well, the Normans’ protracted divorce threatened to get incredibly contentious because Greg tried to claim that Laura didn’t have anything to do with his success on the golf course. And since winning golf tournaments drove several business ventures, he tried to limit Laura‘s share of the marital estate. You’d really expect more from a couple that was together for 25 years. Laura eventually got $100 million.

I feel good for her. After all those years, in one way or another, she had plenty to do with what her husband achieved. And while their financial arrangement wasn’t handed down by a judge, it should help set a precedent for similar cases. 

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