Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.
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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The most important shot in golf is the next one.
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All other things being equal, greens break to the west.
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If the Masters offered no money at all, I would be here trying just as hard.
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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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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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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.
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The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.
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I don’t like the glamour. I just like the game.
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Selecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own.
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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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I liked to win, but more than anything, I loved to play the way I wanted to play
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The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight.
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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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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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