Relax? How can anybody relax and play golf? You have to grip the club, don’t you?
BEN HOGANRelax? How can anybody relax and play golf? You have to grip the club, don’t you?
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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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Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.
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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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Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
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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.
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I don’t like the glamour. I just like the game.
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When I practiced, I practiced to get it right.
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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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Why that would be like challenging Bing Crosby to a singing contest,wouldn’t it
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Selecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own.
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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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Reverse 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.
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This is a game of misses. The guy who misses the best is going to win.
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Good golf begins with a good grip.
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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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