If we could have just screwed another head on his shoulders, he would have been the greatest golfer who ever lived.
BEN HOGANYou 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.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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Every day you miss playing or practicing is one day longer it takes to be good.
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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 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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Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
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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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Golf was my life. I didn’t want to give it up. So I went to work!
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Reverse every natural instinct and do the opposite of what you are inclined to do, and you will probably come very close to having a perfect golf swing.
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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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I play with friends, but we don’t play friendly games.
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When you see an opportunity, you practice and work, at least from sunup to sundown.
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This is a game of misses. The guy who misses the best is going to win.
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I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me as it bothers some people.
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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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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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Your name is the most important thing you own. Don’t ever do anything to disgrace or cheapen it.
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