When I practiced, I practiced to get it right.
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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All other things being equal, greens break to the west.
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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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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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Control 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.
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Good golf begins with a good grip.
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If the Masters offered no money at all, I would be here trying just as hard.
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I have found the game to be, in all factualness, a universal language wherever I traveled at home or abroad.
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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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If you can’t outplay them, outwork them.
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Every day that you don’t practice is one day longer before you achieve greatness
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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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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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Reverse every natural instinct and do the opposite of what you are inclined to do, and you will probably come very close to having a perfect golf swing.
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Shoot a lower score than everybody else.
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Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.
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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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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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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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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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Placing the ball in the right position for the next shot is eighty percent of winning golf.
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You never fight your eye when you look at a hole. If it looks one way, play it that way. Don’t make a big deal out of an easy shot.
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Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
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The most important shot in golf is the next one.
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The greatest pleasure is obtained by improving.
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You only hit a straight ball by accident. The ball is going to move right or left every time you hit it, so you had better make it go one way or the other.
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May thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.
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