IT’S been a tough few weeks for the Norman family with the passing of Mervin Norman.
The father of golfing great Greg Norman passed away last month, aged 95.
The Great White Shark shared a moving tribute to his late dad on Instagram.
“When you lose that person, they are gone until you meet them again in a higher place,” the 67-year-old wrote in his heart-wrenching tribute.
“Dad, you were always there for me, drove me to be who I am, gave me the genes, mind, heart, soul and strength to achieve things I never expected myself and few have ever achieved.
I am you in every way.”
When Greg launched the Greg Norman Junior Golf Foundation in the 1980s, Mervin took the helm as chairman.
“We will meet again for me to fill you in with my final chapters of my life,” Greg added. “I love you and miss you already.”
The Shark’s son, Greg Norman Jr, said his grandfather was “a brilliant man”.
“Strong as you were intelligent, you gave us an amazing foundation on how to live our lives,” he wrote.
Mervin is survived by Toini, his wife of 72 years, children Greg and Janis and grandchildren.
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