Murray Irwin "Moe" Norman
Date of Birth: July 10, 1929
Birthplace: Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Death: SEPTEMBER 4, 2004.
Below is a list of quotes said by Moe Norman .
"Keep it simple stupid"
"It's a swing, not a hit. You should have a pulling sensation."
"Why am I the greatest ball-striker? Because I have the least moving parts. "I keep it simple."
"Don't hold the club lightly. That's a mistake, because you'll get too wristy. Hold it firmly. You won't hit the ball quite as far, but you'll hit it straighter, which is what this game is about."
"The heavier the clubs the better. The swing weight on all my clubs is E-3, and my driver weighs 16 ounces. To get them that heavy, I put lead tape under the grips and on the clubhead. I don't like light clubs. They feel like matchsticks to me and tend to wave all over the place when you swing them. Speed is important, but so is mass"
"Hold the club in the palms, not the fingers. How do tennis players hold a tennis racket? In the palm. How do you hold a baseball bat? In the palms. Everyday items—an ax, a hammer—are held in the palms. They're the most sensitive parts of your body. Why would you want to hold a golf club in your fingers? It'll move all over the place!"
"At the 1956 Masters, I was on the practice range when Sam Snead came over. He gave me a 40-minute lesson, telling me to hit my irons like a fairway wood, meaning to sweep it instead of hitting down on it. I was in awe, and like a dumbbell proceeded to hit 800 balls. My right thumb swelled up so big I couldn't hit a ball without terrible pain. I played nine holes and quit. That was the last lesson I took, let me tell you."
"Hitting the ball pure and accurate is more rewarding than hitting it far. Don't forget that, ever."
"Sometimes you need 10 more yards out of a drive. There's only one proper way to do that, and it's turning your shoulders more. It's the only way to keep your rhythm. Every other method—swinging faster or with more effort, changing your ball position or anything else—will cost you accuracy. It has to. Otherwise, you'd swing that way every time."
"Going through the ball, I feel my right hand is a claw. No hinging of my right wrist at all. I just gather the ball up. No supination or pronation. On the follow-through I shake hands with the flagstick."
"its all the left knee and club shaft"
"we swing into our legs not on top of them"
"i never bring the toe of the club into play "
"i'm trying to draw blood with last three fingers of my left hand my knuckles are red look"
"understand one thing the ball goes were the hands go"
"just put that dumb guy on that dumb guy"
"stabalise energise maintain then release"
"everything is so connected"
External links we feel are worth visiting
Golf Digest - Moe Norman interview just a few weeks before he died:-
http://www.golfdigest.com/magazine/myshot_gd0411
Moe Norman Golf Academy
http://www.moenormangolfacademy.org/
MoeNorman.org part of the Graves Golf Academy, best video i have ever seen Moe Norman in is on this website titled Moe Norman on the range hitting golf balls 1992
http://www.moenorman.org
