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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.

Ben Hogan

Hit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there.
BEN HOGAN

Class Golf People
The most important shot in golf is the next one.
BEN HOGAN

Golf Important Next One
I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me as it bothers some people.
BEN HOGAN

Bother Bothered People
May thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.
BEN HOGAN

Golf Lying Water
This is a game of misses. The guy who misses the best is going to win.
BEN HOGAN

Games Golf Winning
Selecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own.
BEN HOGAN

Golf Stroke Wife
There’s no set time or schedule for developing one’s skills as a professional golfer, and it certainly doesn’t come overnight. It’s a muscle-memory exercise that comes over time.
BEN HOGAN

Exercise Memories Skill
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

Dreaned Golf Holes Night
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

Eye Fighting Play
You only hit a straight ball by accident. The ball is going to move right or left every time you hit it, so you had better make it go one way or the other.
BEN HOGAN

Accident Ball Moving Other Way
I play with friends, but we don’t play friendly games.
BEN HOGAN

Funny Games Golf
The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.
BEN HOGAN

Golf Judging Swings
Every day you miss playing or practicing is one day longer it takes to be good.
BEN HOGAN

Day Good Missing One
I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.
BEN HOGAN

Games Golf Persistence
The greatest pleasure is obtained by improving.
BEN HOGAN

Greatest Improving Pleasure
I hate a hook. It nauseates me. I could vomit when I see one. It’s like a rattlesnake in your pocket.
BEN HOGAN

Golf Hate Pockets

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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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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