A shot that goes in the cup is pure luck, but a shot to within two feet of the flag is skill.
BEN HOGANI 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.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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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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I’m glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees.
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Hit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there.
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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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Selecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own.
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Every day that you don’t practice is one day longer before you achieve greatness
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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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Your name is the most important thing you own. Don’t ever do anything to disgrace or cheapen it.
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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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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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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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The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.
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I don’t like the glamour. I just like the game.
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May thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.
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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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