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Moe, thank you! I have thoroughly enjoyed reading this! With the non-Mariner days for the All Star vacation, excuse me taking up space to write you back. Boots Porterfield?! Wow! Swing like that man? You have done well! I had the opportunity growing up to meet a bunch of the guys who used to play in the Hudson Cup. I don’t even know if that still goes on…it was competition between better club pros under the PNGA. I caddied for several guys from Oregon. The best one was Bob Duden. Anyway, thank for your words. I must say, Ben Doyle was one of the special people of my life. Great family. And Moe Norman? I wish I could have watched him hit shots. You are right. Very different techniques but ultimately seeking the same repeatable action day in and day out. I have seen stuff from Moe but never have worked hard enough at golf since basically quitting after the 1980 NCAA to even think of incorporating anything. But now that I am helping with a high school team again, would like to do more research on him. Seems like such a simple technique and philosophy. And I bet you do great working with the kids. It is clear that you have a wonderful and rare understanding of the game!
I had some decent moments in golf but totally relate to your “Ackleyitis” with the game. I had won state and city championships and then in college had some good memories but friends lovingly started calling me “Weiskopf” because the results didn’t match what they thought the swing should have produced. During college my life quickly changed hitting a semi-truck head-on. I totally lost the desire to compete in the battle against pain. A Ben Hogan I was not. But all without any regrets!
Now at 57 I have taken what I don’t know about golf and translated a lot of the same to pitching. Both of my 6’5” sons pitched. The oldest just finished Marine Infantry School. The youngest will start college in a month. Saturday night he pitched in a big 18U tournament in Arizona. Won 2-1, complete game (7 innings) with 3H, 14K and 1BB. The radar hit 89mph but in the last inning was still throwing 88. So that is my fun now. As they are done with high school, I still want to help a few kids with pitching but now will assist with the golf team. Get this, I don’t play much so my irons are still what I used to play with, 1974 Staffs that I got in a trade with Mike Reed for my Hogans. People look at them like they are from some museum. I need new grips though!
Moe, I look forward to more banter back and forth!!!! I thoroughly have enjoyed!!