Tragic, disturbing incidents have been happening in the skies over the U.S. this year, and no one is immune. Greg Norman, a 40-year flier on private aircraft, can attest to that.

The 70-year-old World Golf Hall of Famer who most recently served as LIV Golf’s CEO posted on Instagram on Friday that he endured a frightening circumstance after his flight on a private jet that left Los Angeles International Airport bound for Palm Beach was shaken by a loud “pop.”

In an exclusive interview with Australian Golf Digest, Norman, who was travelling alone with two pilots, said the windscreen shattered and the plane was forced to turn back to make an emergency landing at LAX. Air traffic control was notified, Norman said, and with a chuckle he recalled his next thought: “Land!”

“Only the second time in 40yrs of private travel,” Norman said in his social media post. “Returned to LAX to the professionals to make sure all ok. Thanks all.”

A 20-time PGA Tour winner and two-time champion of the Open Championship, Norman has been among the richest men in golf because of his play and business enterprises, which has afforded him the luxury of private air travel for decades. Of course, when anybody flies that much, it’s not all going to go smoothly.

“It’s certainly not my first rodeo with events like this,” Norman told Australian Golf Digest. “The last [mid-air emergency] I had was in my plane climbing at 30,000 feet and—BANG!—we dived to about 10,000 feet and slowed down,” he recalls.

“I’ve had more interesting things, as much as I’ve flown over the years—lightning strikes, cabin fires, breaking the ceiling barrier to see the curvature of the earth, losing hydraulics after taking off from an aircraft carrier …”

Norman also recalled a helicopter mishap that required an emergency landing in an Australian apple field.

“Now you are talking helicopters—even more trouble with that aircraft!” he said.

Main Image: Greg Norman Instagram