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This is a game of misses. The guy who misses the best is going to win.

Ben Hogan

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.
BEN HOGAN

Golf Morning People
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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Golf Poor Remember Shade Tendency
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 HOGAN

Done Golf Mean
I hate a hook. It nauseates me. I could vomit when I see one. It’s like a rattlesnake in your pocket.
BEN HOGAN

Golf Hate Pockets
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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Accident Ball Moving Other Way
May thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.
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Golf Lying Water
The greatest pleasure is obtained by improving.
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Greatest Improving Pleasure
Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
BEN HOGAN

Games Golf Sports
I liked to win, but more than anything, I loved to play the way I wanted to play
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Play Way Winning
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.
BEN HOGAN

Eye Fighting Play
Certainly, if you can’t manage your game, you can’t play tournament golf.
BEN HOGAN

Games Golf Play
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.
BEN HOGAN

Accept Aim Continually Same Try Way
Hit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there.
BEN HOGAN

Class Golf People
There’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.
BEN HOGAN

Exercise Memories Skill
When you see an opportunity, you practice and work, at least from sunup to sundown.
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Opportunity Practice
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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Golf Men Reason Shoot

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