Wow, what a surprise: Greg Norman and Chris Evert are already in murky waters

On the eve of the Presidents Cup comes the announcement that International Captain Greg Norman and former tennis star Chris Evert are separated – just 15 months after they got married.

Seems like just yesterday Norman was making an unlikely run at the British Open crown with his new bride walking alongside, getting almost as much airtime has her husband. It seemed like the perfect script, right? And now, it’s over almost as quickly as it has come together.

According to an article on the Australian Web site AdelaideNow.au, Norman’s first ex-wife believes the Shark and Evert are splitting because they married too soon.

“Both he and Chris are adults, and they were supposed to know what they were doing,” Laura Andrassy said in the article, “but they were in the throes of lust and weren’t thinking (when they got married).

“But being with Chris is what Greg wanted. Well, he got it,” said Andrassy, who had previously called the tennis great a “predator” after she married Norman shortly after he divorced Andrassy.

Who knows what went wrong? Although they haven’t announced plans for a divorce, according to a statement, they plan to remain friends. It doesn’t sound like they will reconcile.

Speculation is that the announcement was made to quell rumors that would ensue from Evert’s absence at next week’s Presidents Cup at Harding Park in San Francisco.

It will certainly be a distraction next week, but unlikely to affect the outcome.