The mysterious and reclusive genius Moe Norman is acknowledged as the best ball-striker in the history of golf by many of the game’s greats. The Single Plane Golf Swing: Play Better Golf the Moe Norman Way reveals the secrets of the swing that enabled him to hit the ball solidly with unerring accuracy and consistency-every time.
Norman’s simple, efficient, and easily understood Single Plane Swing has improved the games of thousands of golfers.
Illustrated with more than 300 photographs and written with Tim O’Connor, Norman’s biographer, the book also engagingly tells Norman’s bittersweet life story and explores the teacher-student bond forged between Norman and his protégé Graves.
The two-plane mistake makes the swing very difficult, requiring the following complex body movements to square the club face at impact:
It’s much easier for the golfer to arrive soundly at impact and hit the ball solidly
with the Single Plane Swing. Moe Norman accomplished this in the following ways:
Consistency increases when unnecessary rotation is eliminated. Moe reduced rotation by:
Moe’s swing is easier on the body:
The world’s best-known teacher of the Single Plane Swing, which was developed by Moe Norman, the greatest ball-striker in the history of golf according to many of golf’s most respected names.
A former player on the Canadian and Asian professional golf tours, Todd became known as “Little Moe” for his ability to replicate the swing of Moe Norman. Through his friendship with Moe and their mentor-student relationship for 10 years, Todd became an authority on Moe’s Single Plane Swing and dedicated himself to preserving and enhancing Moe’s legacy and teaching his swing.
Todd is an archivist of articles, pictures, videos, clubs, and memorabilia that pertains to Moe. In 2000, Todd and his brother Tim Graves co-founded the Graves Golf Academy, the only golf program dedicated to teaching Moe’s approach to golf. The academy has taught more than 5,000 students in its golf schools in Florida, Oklahoma City, and around North America. The GGA website is www.GravesGolf.com. Todd lives in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
An award-winning journalist who has written about golf for thirty years and plays the game avidly. Tim is the editor of Single Plane Golfer magazine published by the Graves Golf Academy. Tim has written three previous golf books, including The Feeling of Greatness: The Moe Norman Story, and he edited The Final Missing Piece of Ben Hogan’s Secret Puzzle. Tim has written for GOLF, Golf World, LINKS, Golfweek, SCOREGolf, and Golf Canada. He was golf columnist for The Financial Post and covered golf for the radio division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Tim was named International Network of Golf Reporter of the Year three straight years (1994–96). He was music critic for the Canadian Press news agency and has done communications consulting for the golf industry. Tim lives in Rockwood, Ontario, with his wife Sandy and sons, Corey and Sean. His website is www.OconnorGolf.ca.
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