Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.
BEN HOGANIf 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?
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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I play with friends, but we don’t play friendly games.
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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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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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Certainly, if you can’t manage your game, you can’t play tournament golf.
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The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.
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I’m glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees.
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When you see an opportunity, you practice and work, at least from sunup to sundown.
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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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Hit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there.
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I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me as it bothers some people.
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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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Relax? How can anybody relax and play golf? You have to grip the club, don’t you?
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Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
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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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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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