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 HOGANPeople 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.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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Certainly, if you can’t manage your game, you can’t play tournament golf.
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Shoot a lower score than everybody else.
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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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Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
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I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.
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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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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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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.
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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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Good golf begins with a good grip.
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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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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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When I practiced, I practiced to get it right.
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I liked to win, but more than anything, I loved to play the way I wanted to play
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