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.
BEN HOGANSelecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight.
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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 you see an opportunity, you practice and work, at least from sunup to sundown.
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I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me as it bothers some people.
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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 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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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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I’m glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees.
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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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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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Relax? How can anybody relax and play golf? You have to grip the club, don’t you?
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If you can’t outplay them, outwork them.
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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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If the Masters offered no money at all, I would be here trying just as hard.
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I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.
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Every day you miss playing or practicing is one day longer it takes to be good.
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Good golf begins with a good grip.
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May thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.
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I dreamed one night that I had 17 holes-in-one and one two, and when I woke up I was so goddam mad.
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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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There are no shortcuts in the quest for perfection.
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The greatest pleasure is obtained by improving.
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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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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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Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
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All other things being equal, greens break to the west.
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