The Feeling of Greatness The Moe Norman Story eBook Tim O'Connor Todd Graves
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As recently as 10 years ago, Moe's Norman's very existence was considered apocryphal. A few American golf pros, Paul Azinger and Lee Trevino come to mind, told stories about an eccentric Canadian with a strange swing so accurate he could stand on a driving range and hit the 250 yard sign repeatedly with his driver. Or they told of the time he hit three balls off the tee that were later found huddled together like mushrooms in the middle of the fairway. Then there's the time that, upon hearing someone in the gallery say he was a poor putter, he proceeded to hit a hole-in-one, boasting "I guess I won't be putting today." They said he was so good that if a hole called for a 3-wood and an 8- iron, he'd play it 8-iron/3-wood just to keep it interesting. The stories always held the not-so- subtle claim that if Norman had played the US tour, no one would have ever heard of Jack Nicklaus.But nobody had seen him recently. He was a ghost. Finally, in 1995, Golf Digest ran a cover story that brought Moe and his strange swing back to life. By that time he had become the poster boy for a new golf movement called Natural Golf, and the leaders of that company were splashing Moe's image around as much as they could. This biography soon followed.
Fortunately, readers of "The Feeling of Greatness" will discover not an advertising piece, but a balanced look at a complicated man. Because of a childhood head injury, or perhaps just because genetics occasionally breeds the strange and unusual, Moe Norman represents obsessive-compulsion applied to golf. He is described as golf's "Rain Man", a savant-like creature of habit who found solace in striking golf balls -- hundreds a day for thousands of days -- but who was so shy, he wouldn't appear at awards ceremonies. He muttered a continuous stream-of-consciousness monologue and played so quickly that he often struck his shot before his partner had pulled his tee out of the ground. He never paused over putts, but rather hit them in full stride. He was not your typical golf pro.
However, while he was very successful on the Canadian tours of the 50s and 60s, he was a flop on the US PGA tour and, in fact, was reprimanded by fellow pros for boorish behavior. The book is honest enough to make it clear that any notion of his tearing up the US tour if only given a fair chance is just false. While he is generally regarded as one of the finest ball strikers of all time, he never came to terms with the real scoring clubs in his bag - his wedge and putter. In the end, Moe Norman was most at home on the driving range, where he gives impressive demonstrations to this day.
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The Feeling of Greatness The Moe Norman Story eBook Tim O'Connor Todd Graves Reviews
Great story of an eccentric and often misunderstood genius of the game of golf. Moe appears to be one of those rare fellows who would have, at the same time, been a pleasure and a pain to know. He rates right up there with Lefty Stackhouse and Ky Laffoon...two of my all-time faves. I think golfer everywhere could learn alot from Moe's story.
All you ever wanted to know about Moe Norman the man, but the version is missing a page of photos showing part of Moes swing sequence. There is a page of photos showing his backswing, followed by a blank page and then a page of photos of his post impact follow through.
As a biography its right up there with Phillip Reed's biography on Mike Austin, another great 'ball striker'.
Well written and a great account of a truely GREAT golfer life...the more you read about MOE the more I'm impressed I am..a character who was a golfing genius and misunderstood by most people...
Having discovered Moe's single plane swing I was curious about how he came to it and why he didn't achieve more with it. This book certainly gives a great insight into these issues. If Moe had not been so different we would all be poorer for not having his method which in my opinion is how golf should be taught. While he achieved much in golf and obviously amazed the many who were lucky enough to see him in person, those same differences limited his achievements.
This book tells a great story about a great but flawed man in an easily readable manner.
Moe deserves more recognition for his contribution to golf and this book certainly assists in understanding the man and his legacy, the true single plane swing.
Was the most interesting book on Moe Norman. Gave intimate details of younger life and his struggles both on and off the golf course. Couldn't put it down. Also, if wanting to know the "Natural Golf Swing", the description on this book in sooooooo correct.
If you're interested in striking a golf ball with consistency, rather than spraying it all over hell's half acre 80% of the time, you should learn about Moe Norman, and his unorthodox, unequaled swing. While this book is more about his life, and his obsession with the golf swing, rather than an instruction manual, it will lead you to an understanding of how he developed his methods, equipment modifications, and results than any other book on the market. Using it, you can learn his swing, but that is NOT the primary focus of the book.
I was hoping for a little more insight in the man. This book seems to me to make the same points, page after page, chapter after chapter. Moe continually sabotaged himself due to his overwhelming fear of the burden of success............got it. That could have been stated in a pamphlet rather than a book. I would have like to have had more 'real life' examples of how this fear manifested itself in his life and the life of those around him. Not a bad book. It just didn't provide the in-depth look, accompanied by examples, of a very troubled man that I had hoped for.
As recently as 10 years ago, Moe's Norman's very existence was considered apocryphal. A few American golf pros, Paul Azinger and Lee Trevino come to mind, told stories about an eccentric Canadian with a strange swing so accurate he could stand on a driving range and hit the 250 yard sign repeatedly with his driver. Or they told of the time he hit three balls off the tee that were later found huddled together like mushrooms in the middle of the fairway. Then there's the time that, upon hearing someone in the gallery say he was a poor putter, he proceeded to hit a hole-in-one, boasting "I guess I won't be putting today." They said he was so good that if a hole called for a 3-wood and an 8- iron, he'd play it 8-iron/3-wood just to keep it interesting. The stories always held the not-so- subtle claim that if Norman had played the US tour, no one would have ever heard of Jack Nicklaus.
But nobody had seen him recently. He was a ghost. Finally, in 1995, Golf Digest ran a cover story that brought Moe and his strange swing back to life. By that time he had become the poster boy for a new golf movement called Natural Golf, and the leaders of that company were splashing Moe's image around as much as they could. This biography soon followed.
Fortunately, readers of "The Feeling of Greatness" will discover not an advertising piece, but a balanced look at a complicated man. Because of a childhood head injury, or perhaps just because genetics occasionally breeds the strange and unusual, Moe Norman represents obsessive-compulsion applied to golf. He is described as golf's "Rain Man", a savant-like creature of habit who found solace in striking golf balls -- hundreds a day for thousands of days -- but who was so shy, he wouldn't appear at awards ceremonies. He muttered a continuous stream-of-consciousness monologue and played so quickly that he often struck his shot before his partner had pulled his tee out of the ground. He never paused over putts, but rather hit them in full stride. He was not your typical golf pro.
However, while he was very successful on the Canadian tours of the 50s and 60s, he was a flop on the US PGA tour and, in fact, was reprimanded by fellow pros for boorish behavior. The book is honest enough to make it clear that any notion of his tearing up the US tour if only given a fair chance is just false. While he is generally regarded as one of the finest ball strikers of all time, he never came to terms with the real scoring clubs in his bag - his wedge and putter. In the end, Moe Norman was most at home on the driving range, where he gives impressive demonstrations to this day.
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