Norman is highly critical

The Australian has called for a change in the rules on the men's tours to end the growing trend of women receiving exemptions to enter events.

Laura Davies plays in the ANZ Championship next week, after Michelle Wie played the Sony Open last month.

"I personally don't think it should happen," said Norman. "I think it's a marketing ploy more than anything."

Sweden's Annika Sorenstam became the first woman in 58 years to compete on the US tour at last year's Colonial Open.

We can't keep on giving them invites if there are guys good enough to get sponsor's exemptions Ernie Els

The 14-year-old Wie then missed the cut by one stroke three weeks ago.

Norman, who plays in the Heineken Classic at Royal Melbourne this week, had some praise for Wie.

"I'm very impressed with her game, very impressed with her attitude and demeanour at such a young age," said Norman.

"But I think the rightful place is that women play on their tour and we play on ours."

He added: "How do we stop it? It's up to our administrators to come up with the wording of our bylaws.

"The players have got to vote it in on a majority vote.

"We can't go play on their tour because we're not female, that's the wording they have in their bylaws. I think we should do something about it."

Ernie Els, also entered at Royal Melbourne, said: "We can't keep on giving them invites if there are guys good enough to get sponsor's exemptions.