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.
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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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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The greatest pleasure is obtained by improving.
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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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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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This is a game of misses. The guy who misses the best is going to win.
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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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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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I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.
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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 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 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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Your name is the most important thing you own. Don’t ever do anything to disgrace or cheapen it.
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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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Certainly, if you can’t manage your game, you can’t play tournament golf.
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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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