May thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.
BEN HOGANYou 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.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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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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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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Shoot a lower score than everybody else.
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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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Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.
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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 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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Relax? How can anybody relax and play golf? You have to grip the club, don’t you?
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Why that would be like challenging Bing Crosby to a singing contest,wouldn’t it
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Certainly, if you can’t manage your game, you can’t play tournament golf.
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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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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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All other things being equal, greens break to the west.
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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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Placing the ball in the right position for the next shot is eighty percent of winning golf.
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