When you see an opportunity, you practice and work, at least from sunup to sundown.
BEN HOGANThe only thing a golfer needs is more daylight.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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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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Shoot a lower score than everybody else.
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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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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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May thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.
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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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Every day you miss playing or practicing is one day longer it takes to be good.
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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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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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I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.
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Every day that you don’t practice is one day longer before you achieve greatness
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There are no shortcuts in the quest for perfection.
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I’m glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees.
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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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As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.
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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 liked to win, but more than anything, I loved to play the way I wanted to play
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All other things being equal, greens break to the west.
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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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Placing the ball in the right position for the next shot is eighty percent of winning golf.
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Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.
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The greatest pleasure is obtained by improving.
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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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Selecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own.
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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 play with friends, but we don’t play friendly games.
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