Greg Norman Lists For $65 MillionBy CHRISTINA S.N. LEWIS (Wall Street Journal) November 23, 2007; Page W8
Golfer Greg Norman is challenging Tiger Woods -- in the run for real-estate records. Mr. Norman listed his eight-acre oceanfront estate on Florida's Jupiter Island this week for $65 million. If the 52-year-old PGA Tour player gets anywhere near his asking price, he'll break the local record set last year by Mr. Woods, who paid a total of $44.5 million for 12 acres nearby, agents say. Jupiter Island, about 25 miles north of Palm Beach, has historically drawn prestigious families like the Fords and du Ponts. Mr. Norman's property includes a 1902 four-bedroom main house of roughly 8,100 square feet and a two-bedroom beachside guest house. There's also a three-bedroom coach house, a carriage house with a gym, a grilling house, a tennis court, garaging for 17 cars, a 50-foot pool and a 140-foot-long dock. The Australian-born golfer -- whose name is on everything from golf courses to beef and wine -- paid $4.9 million for the property in 1991, records show, and did extensive work on it. At the time, he had won 10 PGA Tour events and would go on to win 10 more. Wendy Overton and Randy Ely, of Corcoran Group, have the listing. |