I have found the game to be, in all factualness, a universal language wherever I traveled at home or abroad.
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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There are no shortcuts in the quest for perfection.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Shoot a lower score than everybody else.
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Selecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own.
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Good golf begins with a good grip.
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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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Hit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there.
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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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The greatest pleasure is obtained by improving.
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