2. Moe had a short backswing with no deceleration . And out of that process, Graves says, Norman learned to avoid one of the biggest flaws in golfers’ wedge games: Deceleration.

Murray Irwin Norman died in 2004. He was the greatest striker of the golf ball to ever play the game. You never heard of him, right? Neither did I, so we'll let this settle in. Canadian golfer Moe ...

Welcome to Play Smart, a regular GOLF.com game-improvement column that will help you play smarter, better golf. A dominant force on the Canadian Tour, Norman won 55 times, made 17 holes-in-one and ...

My Shot: Moe Norman. By Guy Yocom. July 07, 2007 I'm good with numbers. Number of courses played: 434. ... One day I met Dave Pelz, the short-game teacher. We were debating, ...

It's not often the game's great players dish out compliments as freely as they did with Moe Norman. Tiger Woods and Lee Trevino, two icons who many golf fans consider the best ever, themselves ...

Whether it’s because of his funky clothing, eccentric personality or highly distinctive swing, Moe Norman – dubbed golf’s “Rain Man” – didn’t fit into the sport’s traditional mold.

Any discussion of the game’s greatest ball-strikers has to include Moe Norman. The legend around Norman has grown since his death in 2004. You can watch his swing on YouTube and see hints of it ...

Moe Norman, armed only with a ... Being able to see his target was key to Norman’s game. ... may also have damaged the part of his brain where short-term visual memories are held. ...

KITCHENER, Ontario (AP) -- Moe Norman, the eccentric Canadian golf star whose amazingly accurate swing dazzled tour stars for many years, died Saturday. He was 75.

Whether it’s because of his funky clothing, eccentric personality or highly distinctive swing, Moe Norman – dubbed golf’s “Rain Man” – didn’t fit into the sport’s traditional mold.

Whether it’s because of his funky clothing, eccentric personality or highly distinctive swing, Moe Norman – dubbed golf’s “Rain Man” – didn’t fit into the sport’s traditional mold.

Whether it’s because of his funky clothing, eccentric personality or highly distinctive swing, Moe Norman — dubbed golf’s “Rain Man” — didn’t fit into the sport’s traditional mold ...