I don’t like the glamour. I just like the game.
BEN HOGANI 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.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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I’m glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees.
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If we could have just screwed another head on his shoulders, he would have been the greatest golfer who ever lived.
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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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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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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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I liked to win, but more than anything, I loved to play the way I wanted to play
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Every day that you don’t practice is one day longer before you achieve greatness
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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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The greatest pleasure is obtained by improving.
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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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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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When I practiced, I practiced to get it right.
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Why that would be like challenging Bing Crosby to a singing contest,wouldn’t it
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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 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 have found the game to be, in all factualness, a universal language wherever I traveled at home or abroad.
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Golf was my life. I didn’t want to give it up. So I went to work!
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Relax? How can anybody relax and play golf? You have to grip the club, don’t you?
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If the Masters offered no money at all, I would be here trying just as hard.
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Good golf begins with a good grip.
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Every day you miss playing or practicing is one day longer it takes to be good.
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Certainly, if you can’t manage your game, you can’t play tournament 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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May thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.
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Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
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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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