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Tour Talk - MOE NORMAN REDUX...AMAZING.    Back to Topics  Page: 1 of 25     

From: rbdowntown (1 of 244)   9/29/2009 3:35:24 PM
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In a recent interview, Wally Uihlein, CEO of Titleist revealed these amazing facts about Moe Norman:

WU: "It’s not that we pick our fights, but we need to be benevolent when appropriate. For example, we looked after Moe Norman at a time in his life when he needed help. I was at the back of the teaching summit in 1995 watching Craig Shankland making a presentation. He was using Moe as an example of how to swing. Everyone was transfixed by his accuracy.
I asked Craig afterwards about Moe and discovered he was sleeping in his car. So I went back to the office and arranged to give him $5,000 a month for the rest of his life. We got no commercial benefit from that. Nor did we want any. We just did it on behalf of the industry.

JH:
Moe was a golfing freak.

WU:
We have pictures of him swinging from all angles. Until him, we had never had a guy on the launch monitor with zero sidespin. That should not be humanly possible. He was the first person to master a swing that produced perfect backspin and no sidespin. From an efficiency point of view, he was at 110 percent.
It was all about what happened in the last 18 inches before impact. He was riding the railroad track you see in instructional articles. The club reached its lowest point and rode into the ball horizontally. You can’t teach that."

Moe had "perfect backspin and no sidespin"...I have seen Moe hit balls on video tape but never in person. Has anyone on here seen Moe hit balls in person? Comments?..thanks...rb

Edited 9/29/2009 7:04:00 PM by rbdowntown

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From: Clark Griswald (2 of 244)   9/29/2009 5:07:42 PM
To: rbdowntown In response to Post 1
Not me.

But he was pretty special.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8bphcoEGc4&feature=related

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From: zito (3 of 244)   9/29/2009 5:14:33 PM
To: rbdowntown In response to Post 1
i saw him balls at bay hill back in the mid 80's. i was somewhat skeptical because i heard that he was the greatest ball striker ever, but in the hour i watched him, i don't remember him missing a shot. have always thought that it was interesting that 2 of the most self taught good players of all time were moe and trevino and to me their swings had similarities.

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From: rbdowntown (4 of 244)   9/29/2009 5:20:05 PM
To: Clark Griswald In response to Post 2
That is an incredible piece...I had never seen that before...our Friends up North are very lucky to have had Moe...thanks for sharing...rb

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From: rbdowntown (5 of 244)   9/29/2009 5:23:14 PM
To: zito In response to Post 3
I believe he used the five finger grip...yes? (baseball grip)
Edited 9/29/2009 5:29:00 PM by rbdowntown

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From: zito (6 of 244)   9/29/2009 5:37:07 PM
To: Clark Griswald In response to Post 2
that was a nice feature on moe, enjoyed it very much.

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From: stevgolf (7 of 244)   9/29/2009 5:44:57 PM
To: rbdowntown In response to Post 1
That is a nice story and reflects very well on the people at Titleist.

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From: Swingslower (8 of 244)   9/29/2009 5:56:33 PM
To: Clark Griswald In response to Post 2
WOW!! 26 cokes a day. No wonder Moe spoke so fast. Shot 59 three times.

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From: Clark Griswald (9 of 244)   9/29/2009 6:01:09 PM
To: Swingslower In response to Post 8
I also shot 59 three times...in one round.

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From: camper6 (10 of 244)   9/29/2009 6:38:01 PM
To: rbdowntown In response to Post 1
You wouldn't believe the clubs he used if you saw them.

Some of them absolutely just loaded with lead tape.

Famous quote of his:

Learn to hit the ball. Your secretary can make the putts.
Edited 9/29/2009 6:39:00 PM by camper6

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