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.
BEN HOGANThere’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.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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Good golf begins with a good grip.
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If the Masters offered no money at all, I would be here trying just as hard.
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The most important shot in golf is the next one.
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The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight.
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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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Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
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If 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?
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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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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 have found the game to be, in all factualness, a universal language wherever I traveled at home or abroad.
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I don’t like the glamour. I just like the game.
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This is a game of misses. The guy who misses the best is going to win.
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If you can’t outplay them, outwork them.
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As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.
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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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