Thursday, April 23, 1998 | 5:43 a.m.
A chronological look at the career of golfer Greg Norman, who had arthroscopic surgery on his left shoulder Wednesday.
Feb. 10, 1955: Born in Queensland, Australia.
1976: Turns professional.
1976: Wins first pro tournament, the Westlakes Classic in Australia.
1977: Plays in first major championship, British Open, and misses cut.
1979: Plays in first PGA Tour event in U.S.
1983: Joins PGA Tour full time.
1984: Wins first PGA Tour event, the Kemper Open.
1984: Loses U.S. Open in playoff to Fuzzy Zoeller.
1986: Leads all four major championships after three rounds. Wins British Open, finishes second in the Masters and the PGA Championship and 12th in the U.S. Open.
1987: Loses Masters in a playoff when Larry Mize chips in from 35 yards.
1989: Loses British Open in playoff won by Mark Calcavecchia.
1993: Wins British Open Royal at St. George's by two strokes over Nick Faldo when he shoots a 64 to Faldo's 67 in the final round.
1993: Loses PGA Championship in playoff with Paul Azinger and becomes first man to lose all four major championships in a playoff.
1995: Finishes second at U.S. Open.
1996: Finishes second in Masters by five strokes to Faldo after taking six-stroke lead into the final round. It is his eighth runnerup in a major championship and it is the largest lead ever squandered in a major.
1997: Misses cut at Masters ending a streak of 14 consecutive top-20 finishes in major championships.
1998: Withdraws from Players Championship because of sore left shoulder. Misses cut in Masters two week later. Has arthroscopic surgery April 22.
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