The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #58812 Message #933284
Posted By: Steve Latimer
14-Apr-03 - 02:02 PM
Thread Name: BS: Mike Weir wins Masters, Woo Hoo!!!!!!!!
Subject: RE: BS: Mike Weir wins Masters, Woo Hoo!!!!!!!!
Ah, Moe.. What a guy. I never had the opportunity to play with him, but I did play in front of him once in a Pro-Am tournament. I was about an eleven handicap at the time, a certified golf nut. I played way over my head in this tournament, I think I was one over on the back nine, hit it as well as I possibly could and was feeling pretty damned smug. We had dinner, then Moe put on a clinic. I will remember it as long as I live. I watched Moe for about a five minutes when the thought clearly went through my head, "why do I bother?" I had heard all the Moe stories, and I thought that like so many stories they must be exaggerated. After watching Moe hit balls there is nothing that you could tell me that I wouldn't believe. Unorthodox, strange, but the man is a magician with a golf club. This was back in about '89 or '90. I saw Rainman a few weeks later and there sure are a lot of similarities between the Hoffman character and Moe. I've seen him twice since and even though he is in his seventies, has had major heart surgery he is still the finest striker of a golf ball on the planet.