Gary Player dis’s Moe Norman

Michael Stramba — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 13:08:01 +0000

From the Vancouver Sun
“During the question-and-answer period after a rousing speech to Callaway
equipment representatives a couple of days after the Presidents Cup, Gary
Player was asked about Canadian golfers he had known — about the legendary Moe Norman and George Knudson.

The context was, of course, Mike Weir’s place among them in the ranks of the greatest Canadians ever to pick up a golf club.

Player wasn’t having any of the Moe Norman argument.

“Yes, he could hit a ball perfectly straight … on a practice range,” Player said of golf’s Rain Man, over breakfast at Club de Golf Le Fontainebleau in suburban Montreal. “But what did he win?”

I guess as far as Gary is concerned, it’s the P.G.A. tour or nothing when it comes to golf accomplishments.

Moe Norman’s Record:

International: America’s Cup Canadian Team Member

National:
1955 Canadian Amateur Champion
1956 Canadian Amateur Champion
1957 Runner-Up Low Canadian in the Canadian Open

Professional:
1964 CPGA Millar Trophy Champion
1965 Runner-Up Canadian Professional Golfers Championship

1966 Canadian Professional Golfers Champion
1974 Professional Golfers Champion
1980 – 1985 & 1987 Canadian Professional Golfers Association Seniors Championship

Provincial:
1958 Ontario Open Champion
1963 Saskatchewan Open Champion
1963 Ontario Open Champion
1965 Manitoba Open Champion
1966 Alberta Open Champion
1966 Manitoba Open Champion
1967 Manitoba Open Champion
1968 Saskatchewan Open Champion
1971 Alberta Open Champion
1976 Alberta Open Champion

At MoeNorman.com Lee Trevino seemed to be much more a fan than Player : “I don’t know of any player, ever, who could strike a golf ball like Moe Norman, as far as hitting it solid, knowing where it is going and knowing what he wants to do with the ball. Moe Norman is a genius when it comes to playing the game of golf.”

As apparently also is Tiger Woods :
“Only two players have ever truly owned their swings Moe Norman and Ben Hogan,” Woods said. “I want to own mine. That’s where the satisfaction comes from.”

VJ Singh was asked this question: Who’s the best golfer you’ve ever seen?”

Singh’s answer: “Moe Norman. I’ve hit balls with him lots of times. He was incredible. Whatever he said he could do, he could do. If you talk to Lee Trevino and the other greats of the game, they’ll tell you how good he was. He could talk it, and he could do it. God gives people little gifts, and Moe had a gift for golf.“

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