I love listening to and watching Moe. And like you said, I find his demeanor charming. And I have completely rebuilt my unreliable swing (I could sometimes look like a polished pro and then look like a total schlub) by using Moe’s method. I am striking the ball purer and more consistently than I ever have. Every golfer should watch his swing if not at least to base the foundation of their swing on. I can’t stand as far away from the ball nor as wide as Moe did, but other than that, his swing mechanics are undeniably repeatable and sound! So glad I discovered Moe Norman! Thanks for the video!

Moe was leading by 3 strokes the final hole of the Saskatchewan Open 1963. He was on the par 4 , eighteenth hole in 2 but hit his putt into the sand trap, below the hole. He takes his wedge, hits the ball to 2 feet makes a bogie and wins by 2 strokes. Asked afterwards why he did that, his answer was, " I just wanted to feel some pressure".😊

I'm a 65 year old Kiwi and just started to play golf again after 35 years. Moe as helped be improve quickly and I still have a ways to go.

I don't think there is a pro golfer today who would take the challenge of performing an exhibition like Moe did many years ago.. Anyone who questions Moe's achievements and accolades attributed to him does not know anything about golf. I have watched many videos of Moe and I'm still amazed at his consistent ball striking ability, balance and humor.

Why had I never heard of Moe Norman? About a month ago I saw a clip on Moe and his golf prowess. His awful treatment by certain PGA officials and an unnamed professional at a PGA tournament about his mannerisms, the clothes he wore, and his teeth, drove him away from the PGA tour, to only Canadian tournaments. I’m amazed at his innate ability to chart his own course. I love listening to him about golf and life. Wisdom was also a gift he was blessed with. While many looked down on him for his afflictions, others saw he was gifted beyond ordinary. I look for everything on him I can find. As one who has afflictions that even family members have preyed on, Mr. Norman is an inspiration to me. I wish I could have had a sit down conversation with him, or been able to have attended a clinic. How great that Titleist bequeathed him with $5000 a month for life, bc he had used their ball throughout his golf career. RIP Mr Norman, you’ve earned a special place in heaven.

Thank you for setting the record straight. We stand up for what we believe in golf, in life, always .

Yes Moe had his quirkiness but you can’t argue that he hit the ball more consistently than any other golfer ever! Some of the video audio was sketchy but when the audio was good the sound of the contact is undeniable! I’ve been golfing for 40 years and have been around pros and great amateurs. The sound of pro level contact is very distinctive. Moe’s contact is as good or better than most. If you need evidence, every appearance that he made in the US at a pro tournament, all the top pros gathered around him to watch him hit balls. All of them said that he hit it straighter than anyone they had ever seen. It’s very appropriate that he was called Pipeline Moe! His proof needs no defending Tom. There will always be haters…all of them jealous and insecure.

Thank you Moe. Bless your soul. You made it look easy. Thanks for the video Tom.

Great video... Here's some Moe Norman stats 55 Canadian tour wins 33 Course records 17 Hole in one Sam Snead claimed he was the game's "Greatest striker of a ball" Tiger Woods said Norman and Hogan were the only two players to own their swings. Sadly he had some struggles but in the end no one could deny his natural gift. Bravo ! 😊🥇🍻👏👏👏🇨🇦

I have worked on developing Moe's swing for many years. At age 67 and a cancer survivor, your videos are the best imo! The day I witnessed a young man hit drives 350 to 380 yds on a string! Hit raked in ball after ball, and you couldn't blink or you missed his swing. He was Moe with more fire power. Moe made a comment about hitting a ball 400yds. What he meant was, it could be done with his swing. This young man proved it ! He was a joy to watch. I spoke with the young man after, he said he doesn't play! Believe me, if he did he would silence all those doubters about power loss with Moe's swing. He was sothroughout the bag! I amsamsure Moe was smiling!!!

SAW MOE PLAYING IN OTTAWA ONT. 1974...He was the W. C. FIELDS OF GOLF ....Funny all the time near him.....

Merci beaucoup pour cette merveilleuse vidéo, j’adore Monsieur Moe Norman, j’ai un swing très atypique et en tant qu’autodidacte, quelques joueurs m’interpellent en m’appelant Moe, je ne comprenais pas pour quelle raison et dire que je joue au golf depuis plus de trente ans et que le hasard m’as fais connaître le nom de Moe Norman il y a environ 8 ans, la curiosité de voir sur internet à quoi ressemblait ce Monsieur que quelques joueurs m’ont surnommé de son nom😁, j’ai commencé à comprendre pourquoi en effet ils comparaient mon swing mais réellement cela n’a rien à voir avec le génie de Mo Norman en effet c’est une émotion à chaque swing qu’il exécute. Dans certaines vidéos, j’ai eu des larmes d’émotion en écoutant Monsieur Moe Norman parler de (son) swinguer de golf et de toute l’expression personnelle que cela engendrait. Merci et merci encore de continuer à perpétuer la mémoire de ce merveilleux génie sachant parfaitement se servir de bel outil, le club de golf… passez une très belle soirée depuis la France

Great commentary. Love watching him hit. I do learn from your videos of him and try to mimic the move. I have seen the single plane before him but he makes it more real. His instructions are golden. He figured this out on his own by repetition is amazing. God bless him, thanks for the videos.

I wish I was able to watch him hit the ball when he was alive 😪 I use his technique its amazing when you get it going how straight the ball flies not a hint of side spin ty moe I shot 68 with this swing felt like I was in slow mo the hole round good stuff

Thank you for the video and thank you for the respect you are giving Moe for his skill and his personal challenges.

I was lucky enough to see More walk onto the Driving range at the Canadian Open in his street shoes (even those were Foot Joys) and humbly walk over to Vijay Singh and ask to borrow one his clubs (More liked heavy clubs) Mod then walked to an empty hitting bay. Without any hesitation several PGA pros with names like Faldo and Price stopped practicing and stood near Moe and watched his ball flight with awe. They never stopped practicing to watch anyone except Pipeline Moe

A true genius of the golf swing!!!..

You are absolutely correct. Thank you for making this video and your comments are perfectly correct. Cheers F

It is not that the club is along for the ride. It is the human body that becomes the servant of the golf club. Our bodies perform as the club demands us to do, in order to maximize the physics of the club and ball contact at achieve the intent.

Moe is the greatest ball striker of all time. (GBSOAT)

His swing works for me! Single digit hdcp at age 74.

Such wonderful insight into Moe and what a very remarkable way of emphasizing the true greatness in Moe Norman! Today, perhaps always, there are those who simply are simply too self-absorbed to allow anyone else room in their narcissism. Thank you Tom for doing this!

Thank you for that impassioned defense of the great Moe Norman. You are right on!

Thanks for this post and your video, I watched it it seems on various channels many times. It’s a gift to all of us who want to learn that swing. I loved your message.

Thank you. Moe was so pure. I love watching him and learning from him. You are so right about Moe!

Great video- love the slow motion ! When great players like Trevino & Venturi exclaim Moe as one of the very best ball strikers ever; who could argue against them ! Great video- thanks Tom !

Thanks for sharing your video Tom. I've watched it many times .

I love moe norman I have read alot of books on him. Thank you for sharing him

George Knudsen didn’t mind competing and hanging with Mo.

Way to go Tom! Very very touching! I wish Moe Norman was still alive. I wish I could have met him. What a blessed Soul! He is with God now and at peace!

Some people don't get Mo and never will.

Its what happens in society when someone doesn't look or act like the majority. There isnt any doubt in my mind that if someone would have taken an interest in him there is no telling how far he would have gone. Thanks for the videos.

You are spot on with your comments on Moe. He was by any standard the greatest balls striker ever seen. Yes, he was different but he was a great human being. I sea him when I was 12, I'm 64 now and I remember that day like if it was yesterday. He was very kind with the kids, but shy and not interested to deal with adults. AND he could hit the ball better than anyone, he didn't hit a bad shot, he was on the target every single time... I swing like him now and I love the way I strike it. Thanks to Tod Graves !

respect man...i agree 100%..uncle moe was a genius...people are just jealous...he came out of the canadian winter to come and play in the Masters..in full on summer time..the heat got him...o yes and what about his pro record in canada...that speaks for itself. ...thanks for all the grear moe footage and for trying to set the record straight...as we sometimes say in South Africa...''jealous down!'' 🙈🙉🙊

I feel the same way. He was consistent in his swing. People are just jealous if they are saying anything about him in a negative way. Hitting a ball long is good, but can you hit it straight every time. And he did it without hurting his back

I would have loved to spend some time with the man as you did. The way he weighted and counter weighted his clubs is genius. I personally think he did things in his swing that he never revealed to gain club head speed and consistency with that much weight

I wholeheartedly agree with everything you have to say and feel the exact same way. Thank you for this.

Nice video. And, you are spot on, Moe never won a PGA event but that doesn't deminish his accomplishments. You didn't mention that he won a ton of Canadian events including 3-times Canadian Amature champion, etc, etc, etc. The PGA is not the sole arbitur of a golfers worthiness and Moe was certainly worthy of praise and emulation. I have purchased the Moe Norman videos from Todd Graves and I have incorporated most of the swing precepts and I hit the ball straight and accurately. I only wish I had discovered Moe Norman when I was a young man just starting out. But, my partner and I won our men's league championship last year, so Moe's swing advice has been valuable to me. Thanks for sharing your videos and your thoughts. Ciao

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I really like your comments about Mo Norman being the greatest sticker of the ball. At the end who cares if he didn't win The Masters or PGA tournaments. I also like the comment by Lee Trevino who said exactly what you are saying. All professionals said that Moe was the greatest sticker of the game. Trevino also said that perhaps if someone had taken him under his wing, he could have won every tournament. I love watching the joy and humor he has when hitting golf balls and that makes him a winner. Most people would never experience that kind of joy and passion.

My Golf Idol😎🏌🏼‍♂️I watch his videos over and over and over

Thanks for this and you are right about what you say

Moe was the best, ever/all-time/forever.

Was he struggling to get through life or are we struggling to get through life, I think he had life figured out

He was the best. He just didn’t get the support from people because of he unique swing which hits the ball the straightest. He felt that, and never got over that hump. Kinda like Elvis. He was not accepted because of his uniqueness, and they tried to ban his music. Difference is Elvis had support and that got him through.

Tom, no doubt that Moe was one of the greatest strikers of the golf ball. I was fortunate to witness Moe at Royal Oaks CC in Titusville FL several times. Once witness an slightly older Moe hit a large bucket of balls with a 7 iron to a 150 yard marker at the range. You could have put a king size bed sheet over the entire bucket. His swing was so simple and reliable.

I agree with everything you said. He was a great golfer. He seem to also have a very sweet spirit. He succeeded in life without the help and support of his family. He's probably in heaven right now golfing with Jesus Bobby Jones, and Ben Hogan lol.

I like it :-)

Moe Norman saint of golfe...He was only of his kind who found great happiness in hitting golf balls

I think the whole world missed out on someone extremely special.With the right help and guidance Moe would've won a lot of PGA and majors..How many Top golfers have shot 59 three times..Also I might add... if Moe could have had a more loving family with some support from them , it surely would've helped him..Lots of people loved you in the end Moe ..RIP MR NORMAN..

Thank you for sharing your thoughts. The idiots, with their idiot comments will always show themselves for their worth. Murray Norman was so far beyond those idiots. No one talks about his accident when he was young. The arrogant asses just nicked named him Moe; and Moe out played them all! Fireside chat with Moe was very telling. But don't expect idiot narcissist to post anything kind. The world of golf can't learn anything from Moe. Associations just keep producing like minded idiots that win majors and then fade away. Very little consistency. And then there is Murray Norman. Thanks again for the video. Don't let Todd steal your video.

He was on the us tour at a young age and they kept on complaining about his dress sense and the way he approached the game and it sickened him that he couldn't be himself so he didn't anymore on the tour and he ad top ten finishes and he did extremely well on the Canadian tour 33 course records in comps 41 in total

I loved him....

Me and my 3 year old watch Moe Norman hit balls daily

Always been confused about how close one should set up to the ball. Did Moe offer any direction on this? Thanks Tom. Love the videos!

The swing works trust me

Not just the striking. I am looking at his feet and ball position. His right foot is 90 degrees to the direction he wants to hit, not splayed open. Also I see the ball is forward in the stance even for those wedge shots.

You put Moe in the proper perspective. Moe said he got his swing from Ernest Jones, Angel de la Torre and his son, Manuel de la Torre. He didn't create his swing from nothing. At some point, he got together with Paul Bertholy and shifted from a 'club-head' focus to a more complicated 'position-based' focus. All modern teachers who use positions, mirrors and training aids are the latest version of Bertholy. Ernest Jones's training for teaching that golf was a circular motion and centrifugal force, was to use a pocket knife tied to the end of a handkerchief. After his teaching was denied by PGA in 1950, he taught 3,000 lessons/year, indoors, upstairs in the Spaulding Building. Manuel de la Torre said to be balanced in your grip/stance, swing the club back over your trailing shoulder, then swing forward and finish over your leading shoulder. Like a rifle, if you are square to the target thru the impact zone, then the projectile goes to the target. Manuel said your body will figure out everything necessary like weight shift, etc, "leave the swing alone!" You don't have to be as perfect as Moe. 4 rounds of 63, just 50% of holes with a birdie is 36 Under PAR, which beats the 20-under record for the lowest score, ever, in a MAJOR...

Can’t imagine why more pgat players don’t even try to consider this swing. My goodness, I’ve been at it for a few months now and the distance, accuracy and hight is like never before. The best I’ve ever hit a ball in my life. 🤷🏻‍♂️

I'm teaching my son who has autism, to swing like Moe.🤝

In the fairway.....shooting better scores....having more fun :-)

Moe was the 👌 he would have won everything if he had someone to help him

Thank you for posting this. Towards the end you are talking about the people just watching the ball - unfortunately for poor golfers , people have been watching the ball and not the golfer performing the swing for over 100 years, and likely much longer than that. Golfers, whom I believe to be incredibly SELF-centered and self absorbed (most, not all) will never learn.

I think you sell Moe short as far as being able to take care of himself . He drove around by himself between countries . He could hit as good as any but he was a lousy putter .He tells people that . If he got his putter going no doubt he would have won PGA events . Hes my golf hero . I found him when I started golf jumping on you tube I typed " Norman Golf Swing " . Instead of Greg Norman I saw this other older chubby guy ....Moe . And my fascination with him has never ended .

He said he put the club away from the ball when he was young and now probably couldn’t hit it placed behind the ball. I think and a friend of mine discussed he found how to use his motor cortex in the brain. I believe his secret somehow is where he addressed the ball with the club away from the ball.

The PGA Organization basically ran Moe off because he wasn’t like everyone else, they didn’t want any one on their tour that they thought would be a distraction or a character that didn’t fit their idea of a golfer

It is said that the man hitch hiked to the masters due to lack of money, how many professionals did that due to the love of the game. The man’s mannerisms point towards him being on the autism spectrum although never diagnosed.

that's just the nature of the beast... especially these days where little toxic weenies can hide behind keyboards. you could put up a video about a pretty blue sky and someone would tell you it's not really blue. it's something else... those people suck. moe did not. thank you for the videos... i watch them pretty regular. some of the things he says and the picture he paints (if you listen) will help you. whether you model his swing or not...

Moe norman was the best ball striker every he use to hit balls off coke bottles and he use to hit his second shot first he would tee off with his wedge

didn't it take ben hogan a decade to win on the pga tour?..... a little more time on tour moe would of surely found his way to some wins.

The reason Moe Norman didnt go over to the PGA is because they were jerks. No doubt Moe Norman would have won a grand slam three or four times through out his career.

Golf saved him from what ?

There's a big difference between being the greatest striker of the ball and being the best PLAYER. Moe's greatness at striking the ball was unquestioned, and there is no question that he was treated badly in his attempts at playing the PGA Tour. But other factors contributed to him not being the greatest PLAYER ever. It's not unlike the long-drive champions who are never heard from on tour; they can hit the ball 600 miles, but their game is incomplete. Or a baseball player who is a "5 o'clock hitter" -- great at batting practice, but who can't carry it over into the game. This is not a knock on Moe; just a fact. Did he or did he not have Asperger's? Or was he autistic? How much did his childhood accident affect him? We will never know for sure.

You said a lot in this video. I understand your frustration about the negative comments on Moe Norman. You're wasting your time sir. Their will always be people cutting down Moe Norman. They do not understand nor care to anything about him. His head was ran over by a car tire when he was two, and the most accurate description I can say of Moe was that he was socially inept. Their were many people in the 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's that did not understand nor accept this and their would be many people today also the same. Society does not view kindly on people who are socially inept. Plain and simple as that. Do you think the golf industry cares if Moe Norman could hit the ball dead straight like a machine? - no, they just want to market the game with distance and make money for their shareholders.

Mon Norman made 25 out of 28 cuts on the PGA tour my friend.