A shot that goes in the cup is pure luck, but a shot to within two feet of the flag is skill.
BEN HOGANControl 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.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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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 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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Golf was my life. I didn’t want to give it up. So I went to work!
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Shoot a lower score than everybody else.
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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 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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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.
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The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.
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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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This is a game of misses. The guy who misses the best is going to win.
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If a man can shoot 10 birdies, there’s no reason why he can’t shoot 18. Why can’t you birdie every hole on the course?
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You wouldn’t have had to call a penalty on me, I would’ve called I on myself’. 9. “I’m the sole judge of my standards”. 10. “I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me like it bothers some people. You can outwork the best player in the world.
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If the Masters offered no money at all, I would be here trying just as hard.
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Hit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there.
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If you can’t outplay them, outwork them.
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