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.
BEN HOGANGolf was my life. I didn’t want to give it up. So I went to work!
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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Selecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own.
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I don’t believe there is anything like a natural golf swing. A golf swing is an unnatural thing, and it has to be developed.
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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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The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.
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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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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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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 never played a round when I didn’t learn something new about the game.
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There are no shortcuts in the quest for perfection.
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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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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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Every day that you don’t practice is one day longer before you achieve greatness
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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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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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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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