I could not wait for the sun to come up the next morning so that I could get out on the course again.
BEN HOGANRelax? How can anybody relax and play golf? You have to grip the club, don’t you?
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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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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There is no similarity between golf and putting; they are two different games, one played in the air, and the other on the ground.
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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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When you see an opportunity, you practice and work, at least from sunup to sundown.
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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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The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight.
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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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As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.
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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.
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The most important shot in golf is the next one.
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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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Relax? How can anybody relax and play golf? You have to grip the club, don’t you?
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This is a game of misses. The guy who misses the best is going to win.
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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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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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