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.
BEN HOGANThe ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
-
-
The average golfer’s problem is not so much the lack of ability as it is lack of knowledge about what he should be doing
BEN HOGAN -
I could not wait for the sun to come up the next morning so that I could get out on the course again.
BEN HOGAN -
If we could have just screwed another head on his shoulders, he would have been the greatest golfer who ever lived.
BEN HOGAN -
Hit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there.
BEN HOGAN -
I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.
BEN HOGAN -
Shoot a lower score than everybody else.
BEN HOGAN -
This is a game of misses. The guy who misses the best is going to win.
BEN HOGAN -
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.
BEN HOGAN -
I dreamed one night that I had 17 holes-in-one and one two, and when I woke up I was so goddam mad.
BEN HOGAN -
As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.
BEN HOGAN -
Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.
BEN HOGAN -
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.
BEN HOGAN -
The most important shot in golf is the next one.
BEN HOGAN -
Like most professional golfers, I have a tendency to remember my poor shots a shade more vividly than the good ones.
BEN HOGAN -
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.
BEN HOGAN