Greg Norman has had a very lucky escape after a horrifying incident flying on a private jet from Los Angeles to Palm Beach.
The Australian golfing great, 70, revealed on Instagram that the windscreen shattered in the air, forcing the plane to turn around and return to LA.
‘Inflight LAX -PBI loud pop = shattered windscreen,’ Norman wrote on Instagram. ‘Only the second time in 40yrs of private travel.
‘Returned to LAX to the professionals to make sure all ok. Thanks all.’
Norman shared a picture of a cracked window from the plane and a picture of the fire trucks that raced to the rescue after it had touched down back in California.
It is uncleaer who Norman was traveling with but the incident has occured just two days after his wife Kirsten’s birthday.
Greg Norman has revealed he had a terrifying scare on a plane from Los Angeles to Palm Beach
Norman posed with the firefights who raced to get to the plane when it landed back in LA
Norman has been a controversial figure in golf in recent years as former chief executive of breakaway competition LIV Golf
He didn’t seem too flustered by what had happened, either, as he posed for a picture with the firefighters that attended to the plane.
Celebrating Kirsten’s birthday on Wednesday, Norman shared a picture with her from the beach and wrote: ‘Happy B-Day to this most amazing beautiful person who brings joy and brightens the life of all who know her and is my rock.
‘I am blessed to have (her) as my partner in life.’
Norman, a two-time Major champion, is been a controversial figure in recent years in the world of golf due to his role as CEO of LIV Golf, the Saudi-backed breakaway golf league.
He was replaced by Scott O’Neil in 2025 but still works on the organization’s board of directors.
Norman was extremely influential in making LIV the force it is today, recruiting serveal high-profile PGA Tour players to ditch the circuit and sign with LIV.
‘Greg is an icon. He is a friend,’ O’Neil said of Norman in February. ‘He is the reason I’m here today.’
Norman took an intense amount of criticism from Rory McIlroy, who made his disdain for LIV very clear in the early years of the tour’s emergence.
Earlier this week, Norman was celebrating the birthday of his wife Kristen
Speaking about Norman in January, McIlroy appeared to have cooled on his view of the Australian. He said: ‘Greg obviously took a lot of flak in LIV’s first couple of years.
‘He’s probably one of the only people in golf that could have taken on that role. So he got it off the ground and you’ve got to commend him for that.
‘Now it’s time for someone with a bit more experience in this to take over.’
