Golf's Great White Shark suggests pay cut for winners

BRISBANE, Australia: Greg Norman, nicknamed 'The Great White Shark' when he was leading the world rankings in the 1980s and 90s, thinks golfers need to take a pay cut as the global economic crisis bites.

"Prize money's being scaled back in Europe, I wouldn't be surprised if prize money's scaled back in the US just out of respect to every citizen and taxpayer over there who's suffering dramatically," the two-time British Open champion was quoted as saying yesterday on the Australian Broadcasting Corp. website. "It seems like on the PGA Tour the players are still playing for a million dollars first week, like they're recession-proof.

"I think there's got to be a lot of sensitivity shown. If I was PGA Commissioner that's what I would be recommending."