There are no shortcuts in the quest for perfection.
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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Every day you miss playing or practicing is one day longer it takes to be good.
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I never played a round when I didn’t learn something new about 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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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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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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Golf was my life. I didn’t want to give it up. So I went to work!
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There is no similarity between golf and putting; they are two different games, one played in the air, and the other on the ground.
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I don’t like the glamour. I just like the game.
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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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Relax? How can anybody relax and play golf? You have to grip the club, don’t you?
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You hear stories about me beating my brains out practising, but the truth is, I was enjoying myself. I couldn’t wait to get up in the morning, so I could hit balls. When I’m hitting the ball where I want, hard and crisply, it’s a joy that very few people experience.
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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 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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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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Hit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there.
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