Shoot a lower score than everybody else.
BEN HOGANI liked to win, but more than anything, I loved to play the way I wanted to play
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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I play with friends, but we don’t play friendly games.
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I don’t like the glamour. I just like the game.
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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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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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Selecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own.
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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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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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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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Your name is the most important thing you own. Don’t ever do anything to disgrace or cheapen it.
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May thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.
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All other things being equal, greens break to the west.
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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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Why that would be like challenging Bing Crosby to a singing contest,wouldn’t it
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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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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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