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Old 03-12-2005, 10:41 PM
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Originally Posted by mgjordan
Lynn,
I'm not sure where I heard this. I don't know if it is true or not...probably not. If it was in '82 that you worked with him, it would have definantly been before that if Hogan saw him when he rebuilt his swing. Since Bertholy didn't mention it, it probably didn't happen.

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Lynn,
Would it have, by any chance, been Moe Norman that worked with Bertholy some? Maybe this is who I'm thinking of?

Since you worked with Paul, what was your take on him and what he taught? Did he know Homer or have any TGM experience?
According to Paul (and his wife), Moe spent time with Paul. I spent 3 days with him about 2 or 3 years before he died. He did say that Moe would stop by his house to discuss golf and work on things. And like Yoda said he wasn't shy about self-promotion. He was a nice guy. He was pretty sick when I was there. He actually did some instruction with me in his PJ's. He said that Leadbetter and McLean had been to see him and gave him no credit.

Could be wrong about this, but I think I recall him saying he never met Hogan. Can't remember though. His sales pitch for his golf school was that he could make you swing like Hogan. The big thing was getting into static positions and holding them.

Top notch guy and his wife made a helluva chicken salad sandwich too.
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