Todd Graves
Todd Graves is widely recognized as the world's foremost authority on Moe Norman's Single Plane Golf Swing and the only person officially taught the swing by the legendary ball striker himself. Known as "Little Moe" for his ability to replicate Norman's technique, Graves enjoyed a unique ten-year mentor-student relationship with the golfing genius.
Regarded as one of the most creative instructors in the game today and a golf-instruction maverick, Graves played college golf at the University of Oklahoma and served as assistant coach for the 1989 National Championship Golf Team. He competed professionally on the Asian and Canadian Tours before co-founding the Graves Golf Academy in 2000, teaching over five thousand students. Golf Digest rated him a Top Instructor in Oklahoma.
Graves created Single Plane 30, a progressive training program that has taught over two thousand students since launching in 2024. He's the bestselling author of The Single Plane Golf Swing and producer of Single Plane Solution, a video lesson which has sold over one million copies.
Based in Oklahoma City with his wife Tracy and their four dogs, Graves continues preserving Moe Norman's legacy through teaching and instruction.
Books by Todd Graves
Legend Moe Norman wowed the world of golf with the stunning accuracy and consistency of his game, and introduced his Single Plane Swing as a revolutionary coaching method to the golfing community. This in-depth biography of the phenomenal mentor and athlete, Norman, is told by his biographer Tim O'Connor.
The mysterious and reclusive genius Moe Norman is acknowledged as the best ball-striker in the history of golf by many of the game's greats.
The Single Plane Golf Swing: Play Better Golf the Moe Norman Way reveals the secrets of the swing that enabled him to hit the ball solidly with unerring accuracy and consistency-every time. Norman's simple, efficient, and easily understood Single Plane Swing has improved the games of thousands of golfers. Golf professional Todd Graves, known as 'Little Moe" and regarded as the world authority on Norman's swing, comprehensively teaches readers the mechanics, drills, and feelings of the Single Plane Swing that Moe called "The Feeling of Greatness." Graves shares Norman's brilliant insights and liberating approach to the game and demonstrates why the conventional "tour" swing is too complex and frustrating for the majority of amateurs.
Illustrated with more than 300 photographs and written with Tim O'Connor, Norman's biographer, the book also engagingly tells Norman's bittersweet life story and explores the teacher-student bond forged between Norman and his protégé Graves.
Unlock the Natural Golf Swing That's Already Within You
In The Intelligent Golf Swing, Todd Graves partners with an artificial intelligence to explore the biomechanics behind Moe Norman's legendary swing. Through an engaging dialogue that pairs human insight with advanced reasoning, Graves and his intelligent companion uncover the body's natural movement patterns that form the Single Plane Swing-and reveal why traditional golf instruction often fights against them.
This isn't about revolutionary change-it's about evolutionary discovery. Instead of overhauling your swing with complex techniques, Graves's simple approach helps you return to the natural motion your body was built to make. It's not about adding more-it's about removing what's in the way.
Enriched with stories and insights about the incomparable Moe Norman, this guide offers struggling golfers a clear path forward to discovering the efficient, powerful motions that made Moe Norman a legend.
Your body already knows how to swing like Moe Norman. Now it's time to let that knowledge transform your game.