You hear stories about me beating my brains out practising, but the truth is, I was enjoying myself. I couldn’t wait to get up in the morning, so I could hit balls. When I’m hitting the ball where I want, hard and crisply, it’s a joy that very few people experience.
BEN HOGANI have found the game to be, in all factualness, a universal language wherever I traveled at home or abroad.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me as it bothers some people.
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The greatest pleasure is obtained by improving.
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If the Masters offered no money at all, I would be here trying just as hard.
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I never played a round when I didn’t learn something new about the game.
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If you can’t outplay them, outwork them.
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All other things being equal, greens break to the west.
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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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I play with friends, but we don’t play friendly games.
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The most important shot in golf is the next one.
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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 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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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.
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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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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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