If you can’t outplay them, outwork them.
BEN HOGANThe ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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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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This is a game of misses. The guy who misses the best is going to win.
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Every day that you don’t practice is one day longer before you achieve greatness
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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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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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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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People 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.
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I never played a round when I didn’t learn something new about the game.
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There are no shortcuts in the quest for perfection.
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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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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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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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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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Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
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I have always felt and said that a man who can be a champion in one era could be a champion in any other era because he has what it takes to reach the top.
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