Hit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there.
BEN HOGANThe greatest pleasure is obtained by improving.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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All other things being equal, greens break to the west.
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I play with friends, but we don’t play friendly games.
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I hate a hook. It nauseates me. I could vomit when I see one. It’s like a rattlesnake in your pocket.
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The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.
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You continually have to ask yourself what club to play, where to aim it, whether to accept a safe par or to try to go for a birdie. You can’t play every hole the same way. I never could.
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Shoot a lower score than everybody else.
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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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Jesus Christ can’t hit a golf ball straight. It’s virtually impossible – at best it’s an accident.
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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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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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If you can’t outplay them, outwork them.
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I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.
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I don’t like the glamour. I just like the game.
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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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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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