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Date Posted: 22:51:36 07/08/00 Sat
Author: Desert Rat
Subject: Re: Club fitting for the individual
In reply to: hp 's message, "Re: Club fitting for the individual" on 21:13:07 07/07/00 Fri

> > I played for many years with clubs off the rack.
> They
> > worked fine. This year I had them extended and the
> > grips built up. They work better. I agree with hp,
> > you don't have to have the right clubs but it sure is
> > better.
> >
> > I have been using SA since I saw Moe play in the
> > late 60's,(on the Canadian Tour), He used a ten
> finger
> > grip then,
> > at least for the two days and the clinic that I
> > attended.
>
> That must have been quite an impression Moe made on
> you...he was in his prime then...was he known (before
> NG) as having an unconventional swing or did he fit
> right in there with the Miller Barbers of the golf
> world...had anybody figured out what Moe was doing
> then or did you just get a mental image and go from
> there? or was there something distictive about his
> swing that you keyed on? just curious...I had heard
> of him but more on his personality than his swing
> (other than he was very straight)...thanks,hp

Moe was just Moe then, he was not the guru of anything. His arms were straight and he reached for the ball. His stance was very straight legged. He took no practice swing, no waggle or forward press, just took his stance and bang, straight down the middle every time. People never applauded or cheered they usually laughed.

Moe lost the tournament, I believe it was an Alberta Open, by one stroke on the third playoff hole. His opponent sank an unbelievable putt the seemed to unnerve Moe and he missed his easier putt.

After the tournament Moe hit a few balls for the gallery. He drove off a coke bottle, a ladies high heeled shoe and anything else he could put a ball on. He hit everyone solid and never touched his makeshift tees. He then threw seven or eight balls down on the ground and using an iron hit them rapid fire. They ended up in a line about 25 yards apart straight down the middle of the fairway. It was like someone ran out there and placed them.

Yes you could say he made quite an impression.

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