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Greg Norman insists Tiger Woods will never win another major - because he will never be able to focus on golf like he could before.

Woods, the 14-time major champion currently ranked 49th in the world, is preparing to return to competitive action in Australia next month, after missing out on this year's FedEx Cup playoffs.

The American missed the cut at the US PGA Championship in his last competitive appearance back in August and Norman - himself a two-time major winner - believes the 35-year-old will never get back to the superior position he once held in the game, because of all the distractions he has in his life since the revelations about his personal conduct.

"Tiger, when he dominated, had a single-shot approach," Norman told Golf Magazine. "It was only about the golf.

"Now there are so many distractions, and people are looking for things that are wrong with Tiger now, so he's got to deal with that on a day-to-day basis, like every other mortal has to do, right?

"In our lives, in our business, we all have to be responsible for our actions. It's very hard for him to have that focus. And the more he shuts people off, the worse it gets."

Norman, who has had difficulties of his own in his personal life over the years, believes he could help if given the chance to talk things through with Woods man-to-man - just as he once did with US president Bill Clinton.

"I'd love to talk to Tiger about it, guy to guy," Norman said. "The president of the United States, when he came to my house, wanted to talk to me guy to guy. We all put our underpants on the same way, one leg at a time. So we sit down and have a chat until two o'clock in the morning."

Norman will get to see Woods' game up close next month - as he captains the International side in the Presidents Cup. Woods has already been guaranteed a wildcard place by US captain Fred Couples.

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