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.
BEN HOGANIf we could have just screwed another head on his shoulders, he would have been the greatest golfer who ever lived.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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Selecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own.
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When you see an opportunity, you practice and work, at least from sunup to sundown.
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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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Why that would be like challenging Bing Crosby to a singing contest,wouldn’t it
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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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Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
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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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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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I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me as it bothers some people.
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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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Jesus Christ can’t hit a golf ball straight. It’s virtually impossible – at best it’s an accident.
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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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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 liked to win, but more than anything, I loved to play the way I wanted to play
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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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