A shot that goes in the cup is pure luck, but a shot to within two feet of the flag is skill.
BEN HOGANReverse 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.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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The greatest pleasure is obtained by improving.
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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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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 believe there is anything like a natural golf swing. A golf swing is an unnatural thing, and it has to be developed.
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Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
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Every day you miss playing or practicing is one day longer it takes to be good.
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May thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.
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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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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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Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.
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Shoot a lower score than everybody else.
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The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.
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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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I never played a round when I didn’t learn something new about the game.
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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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