Shoot a lower score than everybody else.
BEN HOGANI could not wait for the sun to come up the next morning so that I could get out on the course again.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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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 see no reason that a golf course cannot be played in 18 birdies. Just because no one has ever done that doesn’t mean it can’t be done.
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If you can’t outplay them, outwork them.
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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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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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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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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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I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.
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This is a game of misses. The guy who misses the best is going to win.
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There are no shortcuts in the quest for perfection.
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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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Like most professional golfers, I have a tendency to remember my poor shots a shade more vividly than the good ones.
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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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May thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.
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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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