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.
BEN HOGANShoot a lower score than everybody else.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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Hit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there.
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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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The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.
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I don’t like the glamour. I just like the game.
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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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I liked to win, but more than anything, I loved to play the way I wanted to play
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Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.
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I’m glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees.
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There’s no set time or schedule for developing one’s skills as a professional golfer, and it certainly doesn’t come overnight. It’s a muscle-memory exercise that comes over time.
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The most important shot in golf is the next one.
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Every day that you don’t practice is one day longer before you achieve greatness
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Shoot a lower score than everybody else.
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If the Masters offered no money at all, I would be here trying just as hard.
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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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The greatest pleasure is obtained by improving.
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