Golf was my life. I didn’t want to give it up. So I went to work!
BEN HOGANAll other things being equal, greens break to the west.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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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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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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The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.
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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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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 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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I hate a hook. It nauseates me. I could vomit when I see one. It’s like a rattlesnake in your pocket.
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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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The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight.
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I play with friends, but we don’t play friendly games.
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Selecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own.
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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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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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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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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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