This blog is from a new newsletter on the making of the upcoming film documentary, The Feeling of Greatness: The Legend of Moe Norman. The documentary team asked for a picture of me and Moe. I regret that I never had one taken. I figure this is the next best thing. If you'd like to receive the newsletter, send an email to tim@oconnorgolf.ca When my book, The Feeling of Greatness: The Moe Norman Story, was first published in 1995, I was … [Read more...]
More Moe: New expanded Moe Norman biography just released
July 16, 2017 By
Come and celebrate Canadian legend Moe Norman at the book launch of my new second edition of The Feeling of Greatness: The Moe Norman Story. Get a free drink, a signed book and share Moe stories on Monday, July 17 at 7 p.m. at Blue Springs Golf Club in Acton, Ontario. More than 20 years after the compelling original biography, author Tim O’Connor has written the second edition of The Feeling of Greatness: The Moe Norman Story, providing … [Read more...]
Rick Young gives hearty thumbs up to our Moe Norman book
May 13, 2015 By
In SCOREGolf Magazine: MOE’S LEGACY LIVES ON By Rick Young created May 12, 2015 Graves Golf Academy COMMENTSSHARE ON TWITTERSHARE ON FACEBOOK Eleven years have gone by since Moe Norman left us. The service to celebrate his life and honour his memory remain as vivid to me today as it did the day the golf world bid farewell to the ball-striking genius. Especially comforting at the time was the … [Read more...]
I sucked playing hockey this season. It was great!
April 2, 2015 By
I achieved a breakthrough: I played hockey this winter and I was terrible. I was invited last November to play pick-up hockey. They already had two goalies so it meant I’d be playing out. I said yes mainly because I missed the needling chatter of a dressing room, the sounds of pucks booming into boards, and the frost on the walls of small town arenas. Actually, I was a pretty good goaltender as a kid; I even played “rep” as we call it in … [Read more...]
The transformation of Moe—how he became the best ever
March 4, 2015 By
Here's my column in the upcoming issue of Single Plane Golfer magazine published by Todd Graves, co-author of our new book The Single Plane Golf Swing: Play Better Golf the Moe Norman Way. Grainy video of Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy swinging with superb form as toddlers underscores the impression the best in the world came out of the womb with immaculate golf swings. Not Moe Norman. The best-ball striker in the history of the game was no … [Read more...]
