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.
BEN HOGANControl is the main thing, and the tee shot is the most important shot in golf. You’ve got to hit the fairway before you have a good chance of putting the ball close to the pin. You can be the greatest iron player in the world, but if you’re in the boondocks it won’t do you any good.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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I dreamed one night that I had 17 holes-in-one and one two, and when I woke up I was so goddam mad.
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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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Why that would be like challenging Bing Crosby to a singing contest,wouldn’t it
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Hit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there.
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A shot that goes in the cup is pure luck, but a shot to within two feet of the flag is skill.
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I play with friends, but we don’t play friendly games.
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Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
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When you see an opportunity, you practice and work, at least from sunup to sundown.
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May thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.
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When I practiced, I practiced to get it right.
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I have always felt and said that a man who can be a champion in one era could be a champion in any other era because he has what it takes to reach the top.
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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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Shoot a lower score than everybody else.
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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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Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.
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