Norman’s cup-set

GREG NORMAN was involved in a spiky Presidents Cup row with Trevor Immelman after his attempt to wish the International captain’s team good luck backfired.

Immelman’s team for the event in Charlotte, which finishes today, has been derprived of many stars who have defected to LIV Golf — so he gave the rebel tour chief Norman’s olive branch short shrift.

Ahead of play at Quail Hollow, Norman had tweeted that he wished the Internationals ‘the very best’. But South African Immelman swiftly, and simply, replied, ‘LOL’. Immelman, who teamed up with Norman in the 1988 Presidents Cup, later elaborated: ‘I pretty much say it as I think it. What I said was exactly what I was doing when I read that tweet. I was laughing out loud.’

Immelman was not laughing for long as his team, without the likes of Open champion Cameron Smith due to PGA Tour bans, was taken apart by Davis Love’s superstars. After the first three sessions, the United States led 10-4.