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.
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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Relax? How can anybody relax and play golf? You have to grip the club, don’t you?
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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 never played a round when I didn’t learn something new about the game.
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Jesus Christ can’t hit a golf ball straight. It’s virtually impossible – at best it’s an accident.
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When I practiced, I practiced to get it right.
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I could not wait for the sun to come up the next morning so that I could get out on the course again.
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Certainly, if you can’t manage your game, you can’t play tournament golf.
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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.
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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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I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.
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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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If the Masters offered no money at all, I would be here trying just as hard.
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If you can’t outplay them, outwork them.
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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 liked to win, but more than anything, I loved to play the way I wanted to play
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