Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
BEN HOGANWhy that would be like challenging Bing Crosby to a singing contest,wouldn’t it
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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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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Hit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there.
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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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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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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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Golf was my life. I didn’t want to give it up. So I went to work!
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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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The greatest pleasure is obtained by improving.
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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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Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.
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Selecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own.
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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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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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When you see an opportunity, you practice and work, at least from sunup to sundown.
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