All other things being equal, greens break to the west.
BEN HOGANThe ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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The greatest pleasure is obtained by improving.
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There are no shortcuts in the quest for perfection.
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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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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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I could not wait for the sun to come up the next morning so that I could get out on the course again.
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I don’t believe there is anything like a natural golf swing. A golf swing is an unnatural thing, and it has to be developed.
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A shot that goes in the cup is pure luck, but a shot to within two feet of the flag is skill.
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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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Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.
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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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Certainly, if you can’t manage your game, you can’t play tournament golf.
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May thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.
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The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.
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The most important shot in golf is the next one.
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Placing the ball in the right position for the next shot is eighty percent of winning golf.
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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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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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I play with friends, but we don’t play friendly games.
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Every day you miss playing or practicing is one day longer it takes to be good.
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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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Shoot a lower score than everybody else.
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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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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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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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