I have found the game to be, in all factualness, a universal language wherever I traveled at home or abroad.
BEN HOGANCertainly, if you can’t manage your game, you can’t play tournament golf.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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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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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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The most important shot in golf is the next one.
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Why that would be like challenging Bing Crosby to a singing contest,wouldn’t it
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May thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.
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When you see an opportunity, you practice and work, at least from sunup to sundown.
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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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If the Masters offered no money at all, I would be here trying just as hard.
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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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I’m glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees.
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Selecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own.
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I play with friends, but we don’t play friendly games.
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Good golf begins with a good grip.
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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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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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Relax? How can anybody relax and play golf? You have to grip the club, don’t you?
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Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
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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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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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There are no shortcuts in the quest for perfection.
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When I practiced, I practiced to get it right.
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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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The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.
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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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Placing the ball in the right position for the next shot is eighty percent of winning golf.
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If we could have just screwed another head on his shoulders, he would have been the greatest golfer who ever lived.
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