IF YOU HAVNT HEARD OF MOE NORMAN GET OF THIS BLOG!
His play, along with his way of dressing, were both described as unconventional. He devised what is known as "The Norman Swing"—very short backswing and very short follow-through which produced an amazingly accurate ball placement. Norman played extremely fast, sometimes not even slowing to line up his putts. He was inducted into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame in 1995. He never took a golfing lesson. It is even said that on one hole his caddy told him he could get to the green with a driver and a nine iron. Naturally, he hit off the tee with his nine iron and then onto the green with his driver.
Norman's skills as a ball striker are legendary. Sam Snead, himself a great golfer, once described Norman as the greatest striker of the ball. In January 2005, Tiger Woods told Golf Digest's Jamie Diaz that only two golfers in history "owned their swing": Moe Norman and Ben Hogan. Stated Tiger, "I want to own mine."
In February 1995 the president of Titleist and FootJoy Worldwide, announced that it would pay Norman $5,000 a month for the rest of his life after he stated to reporters "Titleist never did nothing for me.".
With 17 holes in one, three scores of 59, four scores of 61, and over 30 course records during his career , Moe was truely a Legend for me!
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