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 HOGANWhen I practiced, I practiced to get it right.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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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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May thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.
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Good golf begins with a good grip.
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The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.
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I never played a round when I didn’t learn something new about the game.
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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 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 found the game to be, in all factualness, a universal language wherever I traveled at home or abroad.
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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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Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.
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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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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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I’m glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees.
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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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Relax? How can anybody relax and play golf? You have to grip the club, don’t you?
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