Every day you miss playing or practicing is one day longer it takes to be good.
BEN HOGANThere are no shortcuts in the quest for perfection.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.
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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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I have found the game to be, in all factualness, a universal language wherever I traveled at home or abroad.
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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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I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.
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If the Masters offered no money at all, I would be here trying just as hard.
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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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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 only thing a golfer needs is more daylight.
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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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Shoot a lower score than everybody else.
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I’m glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees.
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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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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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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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