Greg Norman chainsaw accident nearly left the golfing champion without his left hand. According to multiple reports, after the Greg Norman chainsaw accident, the two-time British Open champion is left recovering in the hospital.
Meanwhile, Norman is fully aware of his fortune as he admitted in a tweet that he was "lucky" after surviving and suffering with only an injury to his left hand during the Saturday incident.
According to the BBC, the 59-year-old Australian who won the Open in 1986 and 1993, posted a picture on Instagram of himself recovering at a US hospital after surviving the Greg Norman chainsaw accident.
The Los Angeles Times reports that Norman posted the photo on Saturday, the same day as the Greg Norman chainsaw accident. It showed an image of Norman in the hospital, with his left hand and arm bandaged and in good condition.
The caption on the Instagram photo read:
"Working with a chainsaw ALWAYS be respectful of the unexpected. I was one lucky man today. Damaged, but not down & out. Still have left hand."
According to BBC, it was only last week that he posted a photo of himself cutting back a small tree via Twitter.
That was before the former world number one's Greg Norman chainsaw accident occurred. He tweeted, "Working with a chainsaw ALWAYS be respectful of the unexpected. I was one lucky man today. Damaged but not down & out. Still have left hand."
According to the LA Times, he told the Associated Press that the Greg Norman chainsaw accident occurred as he was cutting tree branches at his South Florida home.
According to Norman, he suffered a cut near his wrist after the weight of a branch pulled his hand toward the chainsaw. Norman also detailed how he was told by doctors that the blade injured one of his arteries.
He told the Associated Press after the Greg Norman chainsaw accident, "Thank God the blade wasn't running full speed or it would have taken my hand off."
He continued, "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."
"There's a little tingling in my fingers, which is better than no fingers at all," said Norman.
On Sunday, he updated his fans via another Instagram photo showing that he is in much better spirits after the Greg Norman chainsaw accident. According to the LA Times, he thanked his followers for supporting him during his recovery.
His Instagram photo was captioned, "Thank u all for your concern & good wishes. All well the morning after the accident. Here I am at the scene of the crime....w/my new fashion statement!"
According to the BBC, Norman was nicknamed The (Great White) Shark because of his blond hair and aggressive playing techniques in the golf course. His talent led him to be a world ranker for a total of 331 weeks during the 1980s and 1990s.
He also finished runner-up in two US Opens, a pair of US PGAs and three Masters, apart from getting major wins in Turnberry and Royal St George's.
In 1996, he became even more famous with a six-shot lead at Augusta to hand victory to England's Nick Faldo.
According to CBS Sports, he said prior to the Greg Norman chainsaw accident, "When I'm on a ranch, I love to run the bulldozer, the grader, whatever. I like doing stuff. I never ask anybody to do that for me if I can do it myself."
An example is another Instagram photo below.
Greg Norman chainsaw accident is indeed a lucky dodge for the golfer champ. Meanwhile, there is now no word whether or not the chainsaw in the photo above is the one which nearly took his life, reports CBS Sports.
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