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 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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When I practiced, I practiced to get it right.
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Selecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own.
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The average golfer’s problem is not so much the lack of ability as it is lack of knowledge about what he should be doing
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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 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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Every day you miss playing or practicing is one day longer it takes to be good.
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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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There are no shortcuts in the quest for perfection.
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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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The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight.
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All other things being equal, greens break to the west.
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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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This is a game of misses. The guy who misses the best is going to win.
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May thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.
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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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The most important shot in golf is the next one.
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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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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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If the Masters offered no money at all, I would be here trying just as hard.
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Why that would be like challenging Bing Crosby to a singing contest,wouldn’t it
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Hit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there.
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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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Certainly, if you can’t manage your game, you can’t play tournament golf.
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I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.
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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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