Greg Norman and Chris Evert separate

after 0nly 15 months of marriage

Greg Norman and Chris Evert have announced they have separated 15 months after getting married. The pair, greats in their respective fields of golf and tennis, did not indicate whether they plan to divorce.
The couple said in a statement: "We will remain friends and supportive of one another's family." Neither Norman nor Evert has made any comment beyond that statement.
The announcement comes three days before Norman is to captain the International team, featuring players from every continent apart from Europe, against the United States for the Presidents Cup in San Francisco, where wives of the captains take on a visible role. Its timing was in part to prevent speculation on Evert's absence during the tournament.
"I don't think it will be a distraction," said Robert Allenby of Australia, part of the International team. "That's just not the way Norman is. He's normally very private with his life. I know Norman. Next week his whole focus will be purely on what we have to do as a team and how we have to come together. He'll be right behind us 110 percent."
Norman and Evert married in the Bahamas last June, and a month later, Norman was nine holes away from becoming golf's oldest major champion at 53 when he led the British Open, before eventually finishing third at Royal Birkdale, Evert following him every step of the way.
At the time the golfer was emerging from a divorce from Laura Andrassy, with whom he had two children. That ended in a settlement which saw her receive just over $100m. Evert was married twice previously, most recently to the Olympic downhill skier Andy Mill, with whom she had three children. They divorced in December 2006.
The pair became the most high-profile couple in sport, give or take Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf, when they started dating, got engaged and married. Evert, with 18 grand slam titles, attended her first PGA Tour event last year at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, in which Norman played with his son Gregory.
Norman had spoken previously of how his relationship with Evert had energised him. "It just revitalised my life," he said. "When you're more relaxed and you're happier, then everything else kind of comes a little bit easier. I would say it's a rub-off effect on the golf, no question, but my life in general is much more in balance than it has ever been."