There are no shortcuts in the quest for perfection.
BEN HOGANEvery day that you don’t practice is one day longer before you achieve greatness
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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Selecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own.
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Golf was my life. I didn’t want to give it up. So I went to work!
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I don’t believe there is anything like a natural golf swing. A golf swing is an unnatural thing, and it has to be developed.
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The average golfer’s problem is not so much the lack of ability as it is lack of knowledge about what he should be doing
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Your name is the most important thing you own. Don’t ever do anything to disgrace or cheapen it.
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Relax? How can anybody relax and play golf? You have to grip the club, don’t you?
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As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.
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Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
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This is a game of misses. The guy who misses the best is going to win.
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You wouldn’t have had to call a penalty on me, I would’ve called I on myself’. 9. “I’m the sole judge of my standards”. 10. “I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me like it bothers some people. You can outwork the best player in the world.
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I never played a round when I didn’t learn something new about the game.
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Why that would be like challenging Bing Crosby to a singing contest,wouldn’t it
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The most important shot in golf is the next one.
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You hear stories about me beating my brains out practising, but the truth is, I was enjoying myself. I couldn’t wait to get up in the morning, so I could hit balls. When I’m hitting the ball where I want, hard and crisply, it’s a joy that very few people experience.
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There is no similarity between golf and putting; they are two different games, one played in the air, and the other on the ground.
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If we could have just screwed another head on his shoulders, he would have been the greatest golfer who ever lived.
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I could not wait for the sun to come up the next morning so that I could get out on the course again.
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People have always been telling me what I can’t do. I guess I have wanted to show them. That’s been one of my driving forces all my life.
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I play with friends, but we don’t play friendly games.
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I’m glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees.
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When you see an opportunity, you practice and work, at least from sunup to sundown.
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The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight.
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There’s no set time or schedule for developing one’s skills as a professional golfer, and it certainly doesn’t come overnight. It’s a muscle-memory exercise that comes over time.
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Good golf begins with a good grip.
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If a man can shoot 10 birdies, there’s no reason why he can’t shoot 18. Why can’t you birdie every hole on the course?
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Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.
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