Greg Norman nearly loses his left hand in chainsaw accident: Report

Golfing legend Greg Norman is lucky to escape with his his left hand intact after nearly cutting it off with a chainsaw, according to a post on his Instagram feed.

"Working with a chainsaw ALWAYS be respectful of the unexpected," the 59-year-old Norman said in the caption to a photo of the Australian golfer in a hospital bed. "I was one lucky man today. Damaged, but not down & out. Still have left hand."

Another photo posted on Instagram last week showed the golfer, known as The Shark,  using a chainsaw with the caption:

"Time to trim the sea grapes today. Never ask someone to do something that you can do yourself. Love to work!"

Norman won 91 professional world events and was ranked the world's best golfer during the peak of his career. He now lives in Florida.

Get well Shark.

A-Rod making the rounds in Miami while rehabbing hip

Alex Rodriguez's surgically-repaired hip seems to be coming along quite well these days.  The New York Yankees third baseman isn't letting the rehabbing hip or MLB investigators breathing down his neck about that pesky Biogenesis thing keep himself from getting around the Miami area.

The Yankees slugger was spotted Sunday with his girlfriend Torrie Wilson and golfer Greg Norman taking in Maria Sharapova's match the Sony Open the day after dining with two friends dining at Bianca in the Delano in South Beach on Saturday night, reports The New York Post.

A-Rod, who's in rehab after having hip surgery in January, stood up and talked with New York Giant Andre Brown, a source told The Post.  The spy said Rodriguez "looked happy and in great shape."

Hey. Any bit of good news from the Yankees M*A*S*H Unit is great news these days — even if it is about the team's pariah.

Giant robotic dinosaur scares away Australian PGA

PGA golfers are used to coexisting with the occasional alligator sunning itself on the fairways but never have they been face-to-face with the animal's distant and extinct cousin tyrannosaurus rex taking a stroll near the pro shop.

The new owner of the Palmer Coolum Resort — which has hosted the Australian PGA Championship since 2002 — has erected between the No. 9 green and 10th tee a 26-foot mechanical T-rex which opens its mouth and lets out a thunderous roar when anyone approaches.

That's why after 11 years at the Sunshine Coast resort, the Australian PGA will be moved because the menacing dinosaur is hard to miss standing outside the clubhouse during this week's tournament.

The course and its five-star hotel complex are owned by mining billionaire Clive Palmer, whose long-term plans include turning the ocean-front acreage onto a theme park.