I dreamed one night that I had 17 holes-in-one and one two, and when I woke up I was so goddam mad.
BEN HOGANI don’t believe there is anything like a natural golf swing. A golf swing is an unnatural thing, and it has to be developed.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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I don’t like the glamour. I just like the game.
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All other things being equal, greens break to the west.
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People have always been telling me what I can’t do. I guess I have wanted to show them. That’s been one of my driving forces all my life.
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Hit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there.
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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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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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A shot that goes in the cup is pure luck, but a shot to within two feet of the flag is skill.
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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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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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Placing the ball in the right position for the next shot is eighty percent of winning golf.
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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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I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me as it bothers some people.
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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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The most important shot in golf is the next one.
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Every day you miss playing or practicing is one day longer it takes to be good.
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