As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.
BEN HOGANIf the Masters offered no money at all, I would be here trying just as hard.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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When you see an opportunity, you practice and work, at least from sunup to sundown.
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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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Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
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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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The most important shot in golf is the next one.
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I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.
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I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me as it bothers some people.
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I never played a round when I didn’t learn something new about the game.
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I don’t like the glamour. I just like the game.
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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 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 see no reason that a golf course cannot be played in 18 birdies. Just because no one has ever done that doesn’t mean it can’t be done.
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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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Golf was my life. I didn’t want to give it up. So I went to work!
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