
Greg Norman might be known more in the modern golf game for being part of the emergence of LIV Golf but back in his prime, he was a force to be reckoned with.
Norman spent time as world number one and won two major championships among the 88 professional wins he recorded around the world.
‘The Shark’ is well known as one of golf’s big characters and it’s sometimes easy to forget just how brilliant a golfer he was.
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Over the years, Norman produced some outstanding moments and in reality, he should have won more than two majors.
Nevertheless, he had so much quality and explaining how Norman played a high fade some time ago, another two-time major winner, Johnny Miller, once explained one of Norman’s key moves.
Johnny Miller’s explanation of Greg Norman’s key move in the golf swing
Johnny Miller is no fool himself and he knows plenty about the golf swing and the game in general.
Having won 25 PGA Tour events himself, Miller is more than adept at spotting what other golfers do with their swing.
And explaining how Greg Norman played, Miller once revealed just how the Aussie had success – and then disappointments – in majors.
“The thing I remember most about the great Greg Norman, his presence in the game and the weeks he was at number one was amazing. But what he did in his swing, he did two things that were definitely different to anyone who came before and certainly since,” Miller explained.
“The first thing he did was kept his follow through as he went through so fast, he would actually bend the shaft because he hit the ball so well.
“The second one which hardly anyone knows about or picked up on and it produces a high cut, which you can copy, is a cricket move. In cricket, you try and protect the wickets and what Norman would do, he would go through the ball and slide his right foot backwards here. When you slide that foot back, it produces a high fade. It works really well at major championships where you need to get the ball to stop fast.
“It might have been his undoing at times in majors. When you make that move, it pulls the left shoulder and makes you block it to the right, which cost him a couple of major championships, but that was unique to Greg.”
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The chipping tip Greg Norman got off Seve Ballesteros
While Norman himself was a fine player, all the best players in the world like to pick up things from their peers.
For Greg Norman, one of the key areas of his game was the short-game and who better to pick some tips up off than a certain Seve Ballesteros.
Indeed, speaking on another old clip, Norman revealed just what Ballesteros had taught him about chipping.
“Seve was probably the magician of the short game. He hit shots better than anybody else I’ve ever seen in my life. He hit shots that I had never even thought about seeing in my life,” Norman explained.
“But one of the things that Seve taught me the most, and it’s remained to this day, he said, make love to your hands when you put it on the golf club. More so in chipping than anything else.
“And what I mean by that is you have to caress the grip of the golf club. Do not choke it, do not white-knuckle it, just caress it. The more you have your hands soft on the grip, the easier it is for you to accelerate through the ball.
“Seve Ballesteros, who’s not with us anymore, gave me the greatest tip of all time that’s lasted for me to this day, which is make love to your hands when you put them on the golf club when you go to play a chip shot.”
Seve and Norman? Now that is some combination to take a bit of advice off!