Moe Norman: The Most Interesting Man In Golf
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Moe Norman: The Most Interesting Man In Golf

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The PGA labeled Miguel Angel Jimenez as golf’s most interesting man. But they forgot about one person. Moe Norman.

This video shows Moe Norman’s life, golf swing, triumphs, and defeats. His battle against the establishment and his journey towards becoming a legend.

This is Moe Norman, the most interesting Man in Golf.

Prologue – 0:00
Trauma and Struggle – 1:58
Tournament Winner – 6:19
Inner Demons – 9:54
Norman vs. the RCGA- 13:28
Moe the Pro – 17:21
Home Sweet Home -20:45
Epilogue – 28:26

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46 Comments

  2. Wioletta Pagowski

    AMERICANS hated him and put him down as a weirdo, because he was THE BEST ball striker of the era. All about BENJAMINS.

  3. Bill French

    Very well researched documentary Trevor! I grew up a 10 minute bicycle ride from the Dehaviland golf Centre mostly playing the par 3 course. But later my dad was a member at Pine Valley (now The National built on its lands) and worked in the pro shop as a student for George Clifton. Mr Clifton, and the owner Jack Bailey always welcomed Moe to Pine Valley where he sometimes played and practiced. George asked me to caddie for Moe once when he was just going out for a round. I’m guessing Mr Clifton knew that I was eager, but Moe not so much, he wanted to carry his own bag. But I did shag balls for Moe. The practice tee at PV was elevated above the landing area by about 50 feet which should have made any mishits go farther offline, but I never imagined shagging balls could be so easy. Just put the empty shag bag between my feet and caught each ball on the first bounce! When he changed clubs and I moved back I adjusted my distance after his first shot and then caught each ball again on the bounce. I didn’t really appreciate at the time that there may not have been any golfer in the world who could do that.

  5. Fox Links

    Because of a physical disability I have an odd, self taught swing. As a kid 35 years ago, someone said to me you swing like Moe Norman (I hit the ball pretty straight) I looked him up. From that point on he became my favorite golfer. I would tell people "don't watch my swing, watch the ball" and just smile! 😁

  6. Chad McMahon

    Being a Canadian golf nut, I know quite a bit about Moe and am also attempting to swing as much like him as possible… with very little success I might add 🙂

    I was blown away by your level of detail, showing how much preparation and research you must've done to prepare this video.

    It was absolutely fantastic! Thank you very much for this.

  8. Gerald Weissburg

    That piece of filth that said that Norman degraded the game , reminds me of the big mouth, no-talent politicians that l*ck peoples'asses their whole lives to get noticed. And Norman gave them what they asked for: "Thanks that you don't want me around".. Ha, ha, ha.

  9. joel driver

    Moe Norman essentially created a much higher swing plane than normal by having his hands farther away from his body and higher (which made it easier for him to swing on plane) and then took a 3/4 backswing. It's really not that complicated. You end up being more consistent with a shorter backswing because there's less timing involved. The problem with his swing is that unless you're a decent sized person or have really good swing speed you're going to hit it pretty short. Moe was a fairly robust individual so it worked well for him.

  12. Paul Gentile

    Well done. I caddied at Bay of Quinte Golf Club years ago for my Club Pro, Moe was there. When asked by someone about how he lines up putts, he said ‘every putt is straight’. Actually makes sense, he just aimed left or right and hit it straight.

  13. Joe Walsh

    Your introduction does a great disservice to this man. Moe never drank and very rarely associated with women ,so portraying him as you do in the introductory photo is disrespectful to an extraordinary man and golfer.

  14. VanCity Slicker

    I've known of moe for a long time and if I had his talent and opportunities I would've made the best of them. I don't understand his decisions but its pisses me off that he made the worst of his opportunities but he was a different human. Waste of talent is the saddest thing in the world and he wasted his talent in my opinion. Maybe he had mental issues but if he didn't and made his decisions out of stubbornness or just to be a jerk then its hard to respect him. Back in those days people were hard on People who are different but its takes a man to overcome it and takes a coward to run from it so I'm not sure which one Moe is that being said hes still a great golfer!

  25. John K

    Many years ago I was golfing at the Kitchener Rockway golf course , it was a TOYOTA company golf tournament, when sitting down to eat dinner I noticed everyone talking about this man sitting on a picnic table , I asked who is that… I hear that’s moe norman… a Canadian great that most people have never heard of… me included .. long story short, I go outside and have an interesting conversation with the man, pick up his putter and joke about it being ancient 🙂 definitely an interesting conversation…and the best part of the whole thing; I got his autograph on a club card, and a handshake. After that day I read up on him and learned as much about him as I could at the time …
    P.S …He did drive a really nice Cadillac

  27. John Erickson

    I knew Moe well, and I was quite aware of what I was seeing. I knew he was a historic figure and his legacy would be ongoing…. even though he was pretty much broke and living out of his car, for the most part… at the time. Things got better for him as the years went on. It's great to see he is properly appreciated in the game. I can assure one thing however, he would not be happy with the direction the game has gone.

  30. b80

    Truly amazing video of one amazing man!!! What a LEGEND Moe Norman became…and the pros were in genuine awe of him & still are!🤴🏻

  32. Eastside Chiropractic Group

    I competed as a junior growing up in Ontario, Canada. I learned early on if you went to the driving range after the awards banquet Moe would often be there, unannounced. I got to know him a little bit as a teenager because I went to range after every single event. I hung out with him at the Canadian Open one year and he dragged me under the ropes and onto the range to give Gary Player a driver lesson. He was more excited than anyone about all of it.

  35. Bob Brown

    Nice documentary about Moe. Used to see him in the coffee shop at Carlisle Golf Club in Ontario. Guys in the pro shop told me he didn't like to be bothered by people in the morning there so I respected his space. Watched him open the trunk to his Cadillac one time and it appeared to be full of drivers. Wish I had actually seen him play. But everyone knew who he was.

  36. Grant Clarkson

    I don't golf, I have never golfed but several years ago someone told me to search videos of Moe. I thought what I was seeing was not real and who the hell is this guy? I honestly felt like someone was just playing a joke on me. To this day I still shake my head when I hear his name or see a video such as this one.

  38. Rick Rickard

    Moe's way of playing was the most invaluable lesson one could find, when you found yourself, as so many do, getting in your own way.

    "KISS"> I Know it well. "Keep It Simple, Stupid".

    Who ever those two PGA people were, they're damn lucky their names never became known.

  39. Zebra Zport

    Moe simply wouldn't be able to hit 500+ balls daily if it wasn't for the coke! I vouch for that from experience. Coke DOES have a boost and energising effect!

  40. Zebra Zport

    Most people would get very good at golf if they can match Moe's work rate and hit as many balls as he did!

  41. Colonel Panic

    The goal of golf is getting the ball in the hole in as few shots as possible. Moe Norman was ok but not great. His putting was embarrasing for a pro. He had very little touch around the greens. The finer points of the game seemed to elude him. Ben Hogan also was frustrated by those parts of the game but he taught himself how to be decent at putting. When he approached Moe in the locker room after the New Orleans tournament it wasnt to bully him. He admired Norman's ball striking and wanted to help him make it on tour. Moe took Hogan's honest suggestions as a rejection and wallked away from an opportunity. Bad decisions and emotional immaturity sabotage careers every day but in Moe's case it gave him some notoriety and eventually gigs as a trick shot artist. Moe Norman was never cut out to to be a professional golfer however. You cant win big in golf with an under-developed short game.

  45. Doc Riley

    I play close to scratch golf, been playing for 23 years here in Canada the equivalent of 11.5 Floridian years lol.

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