Take the tour around golfing legend Greg Norman's kaleidoscopic Florida house
The Atlantic Oceanic paradise blends tropical style with a quintessential English aesthetic
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Golf icon Greg Norman has shared a glimpse into his oceanfront Jupiter Island home on Florida's palm-tree kissed Treasure Coast. The 8-acre private estate is surrounded by water that stretches from the Intracoastal Waterway to the sun-glazed beaches of the Atlantic. But, while the coastal setting blesses the home's exterior, the interiors are no less impressive.
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Designed by Greg's interior designer wife, Kirsten Norman, the house draws inspiration from luxury yacht interiors, which pays homage to Florida's shores throughout the property through its distinctive nautical light fixtures, dark wood features, and stylish shell accessories.
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Gregory John Norman, who is best known as Greg, has now retired as a professional golfer. The Australian-native spent 331 weeks as the world's Number 1 Official World Golf Rankings ranked golfer throughout the 1980s and 1990s and has won 89 tournaments, including The Open in 1986 and 1993 and 20 PGA Tour tournaments.
He is now the chairman and CEO of the Greg Norman Company and has business in companies in interior design and real estate, among other design and sports industries.
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The globally recognized figure and his wife curated their home to reflect their passion for travel and memories of their favorite trips throughout their interiors. This theme is mirrored throughout the chic open-plan wooden kitchen and art-filled living and dining area. Other notable rooms include the bathrooms, exclusively fitted with Drummonds' bathroom ware, including large free-standing tubs and shower cubicle.
The bathrooms were purposefully designed to reflect boutique hotels, combined with elegant English design, as a subtle reminder of the couple's years living in London.
Kirsten shares how she chose Drummonds' fittings after searching for something that 'you don't see too often.' She adds how she was drawn to the products because they are 'very distinctive and unique.'
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Alongside the main home, the estate contains seven smaller buildings, a swimming pool, tennis courts, and a lush garden facing the ocean. We also have no doubt that there is a golf course somewhere in the very close vicinity of this sporting legend's home.
Megan is the Head of Celebrity Style News at Homes & Gardens. She first joined Future Plc as a News Writer across their interiors titles, including Livingetc and Real Homes, before becoming H&G's News Editor in April 2022. She now leads the Celebrity/ News team. Before joining Future, Megan worked as a News Explainer at The Telegraph , following her MA in International Journalism at the University of Leeds. During her BA in English Literature and Creative Writing, she gained writing experience in the US while studying in New York. Megan also focused on travel writing during her time living in Paris, where she produced content for a French travel site. She currently lives in London with her antique typewriter and an expansive collection of houseplants.
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In conversation with golfing legend and avid yachtsman Greg Norman
Known worldwide as an athlete and a businessman, Greg Norman has seen international success both on the golf course and in the boardroom. An icon of the sport, Australian-born Norman started golfing at the age of 15 and joined the PGA tour full-time in 1983. He went on to hold the second-longest reign as world number one and win over 90 PGA tournaments, earning him the name ‘Great White Shark’.
Now a successful entrepreneur, Greg is chairman and CEO of the Greg Norman Company, which owns over a dozen businesses worldwide – encompassing golf course design, global real estate award-winning wine, lifestyle apparel, and a diverse investment division. He lives with his family in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, where he continues to be involved in sporting, business and charitable endeavours. An avid yachtsman, Greg has owned multiple superyachts, including the 70m Oceanfast superyacht AUSSIE RULES, which he sold in 2004.
Having sold AUSSIE RULES once as FLORIDIAN and then for a second time as NOMAD at the Monaco Yacht Show (agreeing the deal as yacht horns blared to signal the end of the event), our good friends over at Ocean Independence were keen to learn more about what drives Greg and discuss his love of yachting.
Did you have a connection to the water from an early age?
I grew up in Townsville, close to the beach, and my family had a holiday hut on Magnetic Island, only eight kilometres from the shore, so the Great Barrier Reef was in my blood! Every day as a young kid, I would come home from school and we would go out fishing, surfing, snorkelling, and diving. I would ride my horse bareback along the beach, skim-board, and fish in a little boat with an 18-horsepower motor on the back. My sister and I grew up sailing a little boat called Peter Pan with the Townsville Sailing Club. I was very fortunate – I had a wonderful childhood.
And how about golf?
At age 15 we moved to Brisbane because of my dad’s work. I lost all my mates, though I was still surfing a lot at Sunshine Beach and Byron Bay. My golf really came on around the age of 16 after caddying for my mum one day. She was a four handicap, so I figured if she could do it, so could I. After that everything else got tossed aside, including water sports, cricket, rugby, and Aussie Rules.
How did you get involved in superyacht ownership?
It came out of my love of the ocean. My dad built me a boat with wood framing when I was about 11 years old, and I thought the woodworking process was amazing. I had watched my dad working under our house and was fascinated by how much work was involved in shaping, and the tools involved. This whole experience really stayed with me.
The first AUSSIE RULES was a 27m sports fishing boat, built by Oceanfast in Australia. My passion for deep-sea fishing and scuba diving were the motivators behind this build: I wanted a platform that would allow me to do both. I shipped it over to the US, and quite honestly it was one of the biggest sports fishing boats there at the time – I was ahead of the game. It was the platform I wanted with the four state rooms and plenty of dive rooms. Great for the Bahamas and the Caribbean.
Then I bought a Feadship, which I enjoyed, but at the same time I knew there was something missing. I needed to have another sports fishing boat to go diving and fishing. I had the idea of building the 69m AUSSIE RULES at Oceanfast, with a combination of all the things I needed. I designed it to circumnavigate Australia, which I really wanted to do. It had a flat bottom, because tidal flows in the northern part of Australia are 45 feet. I got involved with the tank testing, the stringers, all those engineering things – I was fascinated with the build process and I really studied hard. I wrote the specification book before I even went to the yard.
What did you like about the build process?
All of it! I loved understanding the engine room and the working spaces, the generators, centrifuges and water-makers, all that stuff. There was the question of where we were going to put everything. There is a refrigerated trash compactor in the transom. The boat just grew and grew to be the 230. To build something of that magnitude and sophistication in the late 1990s, we had to be innovative in our mindset. We won the Showboats Yacht of the Year award.
It is very important to remember that the yacht is a testament to Oceanfast, my captain (who was present throughout the build), and all the engineers, the sparks, and the skilled people who did a phenomenal job in Australia. This yacht was ten years ahead of her time. I really couldn’t get to enjoy her as much as I wanted as I was still playing golf. If I had the yacht now, you would never see me working. I regretted the day I sold her!
Tell us about a favourite adventure on AUSSIE RULES
I remember a month in French Polynesia with my family. We almost ran out of fuel as we got back to Bora Bora. We held like 285,000 litres and used the lot on the most amazing experience I’ve ever had: the most beautiful water, great experiences with oceanic white tips and bottlenose whales. Amazing!
How have your businesses been during the Covid-19 pandemic?
My businesses are global, so it’s not a one-size fits all answer. I think the world is in a confused place right now. From a geopolitical standpoint, there’s so much white noise and media bias. I have this saying: ‘The voice of the critic is far louder than the voice of the advocate’. Nowadays, one person challenging and complaining about a company can change everything. You have to be extremely sensitive to those situations and demands from customers.
Through my travels, I love seeing what happens in different countries. Take Vietnam, a communist country loving free market capitalism! It is a red-hot country – great people, great food, great cities and very safe. The Vietnamese recognise that market capitalism is as good as gold. I was asked to be the Golf Tourism Ambassador in Vietnam, and I accepted wholeheartedly.
All of that being said, I love where we are at and I think we’ve done a very good job of managing the whole process with my consumer products during the pandemic. We are in a strong position. Now we are looking into expanding further into the health and wellness space and looking at new opportunities – you have to be a forward thinker. I never look to the past, always to the future.
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Legendary Golfer Greg Norman’s Florida Mansion & Insane Yacht
Legendary golfer Greg Norman, who has won 88 times worldwide including 2 Major Championships, gives a tour of his incredible Palm Beach Gardens mansion and insane yacht.
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Here is Greg Norman's yacht. Say hello to Aussie Rules as she is called.
Have you ever dreamed of buying your own yacht and putting out to sea to cruise the world? This story answers the question of what the super-rich do with their money when they decide to have fun. Most of us have no shot at something this magnificent, but it is pretty wonderful to see what is possible nonetheless. I suppose some people might criticize Mr. Norman for making his opulent toy so conspicuous, but I don't mind at all. Indeed, I feel very grateful that I have been permitted to get a peek at this marvelous lifestyle. I thoroughly enjoy stoking my fantasies! I am sure that right about now you are wondering to yourself if it is too late to take up golf. Who would have ever imagined that an odd little Scottish game like GOLF could be parlayed into a yacht as magnificent as this!?! Wow!
In addition to being opulent, the yacht is also built for Jacques Cousteau - type fun and exploration. There is onboard diving equipment for 30 people including a decompression chamber and two huge compressors. Dives of all types can be accomplished by operating the Nitrox Mixing Panel onboard, enabling each guest's air tank to be customized with a mixture of gases.
Even the Bridge looks comfortable. That helps make those long nights of cruising the Pacific Islands more enjoyable.
The more we see, the more the yacht resembles a floating mansion!
Very pretty. As you see, dining can be held outdoors if the weather permits.
The picture above gives us an idea of the breath-taking views that might accompany a simple morning breakfast at this open air table! Now check out the sunken cocktail area. Are you envious yet?
When night falls or stormy weather comes calling, we see that the yacht has an exquisite interior dining room as well. All the comforts of home but no grass to mow and no property taxes to pay! What a dream. THE FUN SHIP! Mr. Norman wanted his yacht to be practical in addition to comfortable. When visiting tropical islands and scuba locations, he wanted everyone to have as much mobility as possible. To get the people out to those choice dive spots or maybe to visit a deserted beach for a splash in the warm water , the following additional "small" boats are kept onboard: A 42-Foot Custom Built "Game Fisher" c an be launched and retrieved from the deck. Perfect for a 4-person overnight fishing expedition. Has a gourmet galley for cooking up the catch while it's still fresh. There is a 2 2-Foot Novurania Equator with a meager 800 horsepower so you can get to the best diving sites ahead of everyone else. It has beach landing capability as well. Two 18-Foot Hewes Bonerfishers for those special occasions when Norman a n d his friend s wish to maneuver over the sand flats in Key West, Florida .
Well, now it's time to wrap it up. Hope you enjoyed the visit. If you have enjoyed viewing these pictures, you will definitely enjoy seeing even more pictures at the home page for AUSSIE RULES What you see here is only the tip of the iceberg. There you will find dozens more pictures plus a great deal of explanation about the yacht. As for me, I'm signing up for golf lessons today. Maybe I will see you on the golf course! Rick Archer
Greg Norman's 87ft Oceanfast Aussie Rules for sale
Aussie rules, the 87ft oceanfast sportfish designed for expedition fishing, now for sale on our sites.
We have to go back 20 years to when our Marine Editor was a callow youth to recount the launch of this stunning 87ft luxury Oceanfast Sportfish built in Western Australia for Greg Norman.
It was circa 1996 and David Lockwood was bestowed the honour of being the first and only Australian journalist to drive this impressive boat, designed with Greg "The Shark" Norman's considerable input.
The 87 footer was intended to spearhead a range of long-range Norman Sports Classic line game boats from 80-120 feet built by Oceanfast.
"I drove Aussie Rules fast down Sydney Harbour at daybreak, the MTUs roaring, the sound system blaring — some of the crew hadn't slept that night and the party was still going — as the towering boat in blue livery with red boot stripe cut an impressive figure before the weary Sydney ferries just booting up," he says.
"It might be two decades ago, but this was a highlight of a boating hack's career. I can close my eyes now and still feel the power... and the energy of the crew including "Flash" partying hard at 5.30am."
Those twin 1500hp MTU engines, and a 18,000-plus litre fuel supply, were central to this boat's design intent — expedition fishing, with luxurious living accommodations for extended periods on the ocean.
The boat has a 28-knot top speed (Lockwood says he reached that on the throttles), cruised at 23 knots and had an 800-1000nm range. Coming out of production US sportfishers, Norman wanted the ability to fish distant locations and Aussie Rules has apparently seen some of the world's hottest fishing spots over the years.
The custom fishing equipment includes a giant winch facing the transom door, huge fish box, lighted aquarium wells, Rupp triple spreader 41' outrigger, bait freezers, Murray Brothers helm chair, aft station, transom fish door with dive access and swim out, Marine Metal Fabrications tower and more.
The watersports and dive gear includes scuba gear storage, cockpit entrance, dive tank storage, bar fridge with ice maker, BBQ grill, rod stowage compartment under lounge, external head and shower and so on.
As things eventuated, this boat was the only model in the adventurous Norman Sports Classic line produced by Oceanfast Marine Group, one of Australia's largest shipbuilders at the time. The promising venture intended to build luxury sportfishers from 80 to 120 feet in length, but Oceanfast ran into financial trouble.
Norman believed there was a market for bigger sportfishers — time has proven him right — and he believed that he knew what people wanted in them.
Back in the mid-90s, Oceanfast CEO John Farrell told the Florida-based newspaper The Sun-Sentinel that Norman (who preferred to fish stand-up tackle) had firm ideas of what he wanted in his boat.
"All of the boats will be built with Greg Norman's name on them and with Greg Norman's input. Norman's influence will be most evident in the boat's size, lines and cockpit area.
"Greg is fanatical about the cockpit layout, the height of the combing, the location of the baitwell," Farrell said back then. "He also has a particular idea on style."
Aussie Rules was the showboat for the range that never eventuated. As such, it has a long list of features and equipment that you won't find on a production vessel. The loaded boat was selling for US$4.9m at the time, but has returned to the market with a US$1.89m asking price two decades later.
Now newly refitted, the interior sleeps 10, plus crew, while the decor — originally Australian silky oak — and updated AV electronics throughout the vessel are said to result in a fresh atmosphere.
At the time Lockwood drove it, Norman's captain Gary Stuve, who skippered The Shark’s boats for six years, said: "You're not going to catch a world-record blue [marlin) on 12-pound line, but it handles good enough that you can catch fish in it."
Details on our website at Oceanfast Aussie Rules classified listing.
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