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.
BEN HOGANThere is no similarity between golf and putting; they are two different games, one played in the air, and the other on the ground.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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The most important shot in golf is the next one.
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You never fight your eye when you look at a hole. If it looks one way, play it that way. Don’t make a big deal out of an easy shot.
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Hit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there.
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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 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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This is a game of misses. The guy who misses the best is going to win.
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The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight.
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Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
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The greatest pleasure is obtained by improving.
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I play with friends, but we don’t play friendly games.
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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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When you see an opportunity, you practice and work, at least from sunup to sundown.
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When I practiced, I practiced to get it right.
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Shoot a lower score than everybody else.
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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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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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There is no similarity between golf and putting; they are two different games, one played in the air, and the other on the ground.
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Every day you miss playing or practicing is one day longer it takes to be good.
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If the Masters offered no money at all, I would be here trying just as hard.
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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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Why that would be like challenging Bing Crosby to a singing contest,wouldn’t it
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Selecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own.
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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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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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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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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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