Hall of fame golf legend Greg Norman almost lost his hand this last weekend, which would’ve been a serious bummer if he wanted to play another round next weekend.

Norman was busy cutting some trees in his garden in South Florida when a branch knocked his hand towards the blade of the chainsaw he was using. The blade cut him pretty badly, but luckily missed his artery.

Thank God the blade wasn’t running full speed or it would have taken my hand off. I handled everything as calmly as I could. There is no major damage. There is nerve damage, but no muscular damage. They fixed me up and here I am.

Norman posted a picture of himself in hospital which got some serious attention from concerned fans.

I just didn’t expect when I posted that Instagram that it would explode like that.

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