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.
BEN HOGANThe ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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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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Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.
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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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Hit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there.
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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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I dreamed one night that I had 17 holes-in-one and one two, and when I woke up I was so goddam mad.
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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
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I don’t like the glamour. I just like the game.
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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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Good golf begins with a good grip.
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This is a game of misses. The guy who misses the best is going to win.
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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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I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.
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The greatest pleasure is obtained by improving.
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