Hit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there.
BEN HOGANThis is a game of misses. The guy who misses the best is going to win.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.
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The greatest pleasure is obtained by improving.
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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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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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Golf was my life. I didn’t want to give it up. So I went to work!
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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.
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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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I have found the game to be, in all factualness, a universal language wherever I traveled at home or abroad.
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Why that would be like challenging Bing Crosby to a singing contest,wouldn’t it
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Every day that you don’t practice is one day longer before you achieve greatness
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I hate a hook. It nauseates me. I could vomit when I see one. It’s like a rattlesnake in your pocket.
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May thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.
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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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Your name is the most important thing you own. Don’t ever do anything to disgrace or cheapen it.
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If you can’t outplay them, outwork them.
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