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.
BEN HOGANLike most professional golfers, I have a tendency to remember my poor shots a shade more vividly than the good ones.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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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’m glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees.
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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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If the Masters offered no money at all, I would be here trying just as hard.
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Hit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there.
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Selecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own.
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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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I don’t like the glamour. I just like the game.
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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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Placing the ball in the right position for the next shot is eighty percent of winning golf.
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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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I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.
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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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Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
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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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