Golf was my life. I didn’t want to give it up. So I went to work!
BEN HOGANShoot a lower score than everybody else.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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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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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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The most important shot in golf is the next one.
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If the Masters offered no money at all, I would be here trying just as hard.
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Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.
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I have always felt and said that a man who can be a champion in one era could be a champion in any other era because he has what it takes to reach the top.
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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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Hit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there.
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The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight.
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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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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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Certainly, if you can’t manage your game, you can’t play tournament golf.
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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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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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Your name is the most important thing you own. Don’t ever do anything to disgrace or cheapen it.
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This is a game of misses. The guy who misses the best is going to win.
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May thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.
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Every day that you don’t practice is one day longer before you achieve greatness
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Every day you miss playing or practicing is one day longer it takes to be good.
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Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
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I don’t like the glamour. I just like the game.
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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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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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Placing the ball in the right position for the next shot is eighty percent of winning golf.
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Why that would be like challenging Bing Crosby to a singing contest,wouldn’t it
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If you can’t outplay them, outwork them.
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