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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I never played a round when I didn’t learn something new about the game.
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All other things being equal, greens break to the west.
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I’m glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees.
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Why that would be like challenging Bing Crosby to a singing contest,wouldn’t it
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Certainly, if you can’t manage your game, you can’t play tournament golf.
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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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There are no shortcuts in the quest for perfection.
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The greatest pleasure is obtained by improving.
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If you can’t outplay them, outwork them.
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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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Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
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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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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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You hear stories about me beating my brains out practising, but the truth is, I was enjoying myself. I couldn’t wait to get up in the morning, so I could hit balls. When I’m hitting the ball where I want, hard and crisply, it’s a joy that very few people experience.
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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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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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The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight.
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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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When you see an opportunity, you practice and work, at least from sunup to sundown.
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I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.
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As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.
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May thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.
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Like most professional golfers, I have a tendency to remember my poor shots a shade more vividly than the good ones.
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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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The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.
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Every day you miss playing or practicing is one day longer it takes to be good.
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