Golf Newsletter Issue 11

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Online Golf Solutions monthly golf Newsletter (from Dan Perry)
http://www.onlinegolfsolutions.com
danperry@onlinegolfsolutions.com
Issue 11, Volume 1, Jan. 1, 2000
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In this issue:
* From Dan's Desk
* Golf Quote of the month
* Link of the month
* Feature Article "Moe Norman Part 1"
* Subscribe/Unsubscribe info

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* From Dan's Desk
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Hope everyone had a good holiday and a happy new year. Just celebrated my 3rd anniversary with my wife. We ordered a pizza and watched a few movies. Does that mean I'm getting old?

Short newsletter this month; I did change the Interesting News section to all golf links. I'll probably mix and match links, if I think they belong in the newsletter. If you have an interesting link, feel free to send it to danperry@onlinegolfsolutions.com

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* Golf Quote Of The Month
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"There's a great difference between intelligence and wisdom. You might have a college sheepskin, that doesn't mean your educated. Life's too short for me to go around explaining myself. A lot of poeople don't understand modesty. Not everybody wants publicity you know."
Ben Hogan, September 1970

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* Link of the Month
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CNNSI.com - Golf Plus http://www.cnnsi.com/golf/

One of my favorite all-inclusive golf pages out there. Of course, it has the usual leaderboards, schedules and stats, but it also has some human interest stories. Currently, there are stories on Payne Stewart being honoree of the 2001 Memorial Tournament, and Greg Norman testifying against a scamming jeweler in Florida. Always worth a look.

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* Feature Article "Moe Norman Part 1"
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Moe Norman is a golfer from Canada that wasn't nearly as popular as he should have been. The best way to explain is to have you read the following, which I have collected from old Golf magazines, and a recent Readers Digest. In this first of two parts, I'll cover some of the history of Moe, and some examples of his lack of patience.

His first golf club was a tree branch, his second a hockey stick.

He bought his first real club, a 5-iron, from a man who let him pay it off at ten cents a week. Norman was left-handed, but the club right-handed, so he switched.

He often hit balls until his hands were bleeding. When the blood made his grips slippery, he wiped his hands on his golf towel and pants, and kept hitting until it was too dark to see. When he got home, he looked like he spent the day slaughtering chickens.

Norman supported himself by selling the prizes he won at amateur events. On at least five occasions, he intentionally finished second becuase his customers hadn't wanted the first place prize.

His first tournament as a pro was the three-day Ontario Open. He shot 68-69-74, and won by three.

He would often lie down in the fairway, waiting for slower players to hit.

At the Masters in 1956, Norman hit his first tee shot while the announcer was in the middle of introducing him.

He once putted between the foot and outstretched arm of a competitor who was marking his ball.

Once on the driving range, he hit 131 drives in a row from the same tee without having to straighten or adjust it. In tournaments, he would entertain the gallery by hitting drives from the mouth of a Coke bottle.

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* Interesting News
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Golf's ruling body amends rule on animal holes
http://www.cnnsi.com/golf/news/2000/01/04/golf_rules_ap/

Asian PGA joins Federation of Tours
http://www.cnnsi.com/golf/news/2000/01/10/pga_ap/

Grieving Palmer will play in Masters; uncertain about Bay Hill
http://www.cnnsi.com/golf/news/2000/01/07/notebook_friday_ap/

Tour Championship will end '01 season
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/sgp/sgpfs08.htm

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