Why that would be like challenging Bing Crosby to a singing contest,wouldn’t it
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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The greatest pleasure is obtained by improving.
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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 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 liked to win, but more than anything, I loved to play the way I wanted to play
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Good golf begins with a good grip.
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I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me as it bothers some people.
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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 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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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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Relax? How can anybody relax and play golf? You have to grip the club, don’t you?
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Shoot a lower score than everybody else.
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When I practiced, I practiced to get it right.
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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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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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Placing the ball in the right position for the next shot is eighty percent of winning golf.
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