Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
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 play with friends, but we don’t play friendly games.
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Certainly, if you can’t manage your game, you can’t play tournament golf.
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If you can’t outplay them, outwork them.
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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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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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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 never played a round when I didn’t learn something new about the game.
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Jesus Christ can’t hit a golf ball straight. It’s virtually impossible – at best it’s an accident.
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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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People have always been telling me what I can’t do. I guess I have wanted to show them. That’s been one of my driving forces all my life.
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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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I hate a hook. It nauseates me. I could vomit when I see one. It’s like a rattlesnake in your pocket.
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I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.
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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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