There is no similarity between golf and putting; they are two different games, one played in the air, and the other on the ground.
BEN HOGANPlacing the ball in the right position for the next shot is eighty percent of winning golf.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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If you can’t outplay them, outwork them.
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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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Every day you miss playing or practicing is one day longer it takes to be good.
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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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Every day that you don’t practice is one day longer before you achieve greatness
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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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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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I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.
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Certainly, if you can’t manage your game, you can’t play tournament golf.
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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 play with friends, but we don’t play friendly games.
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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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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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When you see an opportunity, you practice and work, at least from sunup to sundown.
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