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.
BEN HOGANThe greatest pleasure is obtained by improving.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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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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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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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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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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I play with friends, but we don’t play friendly games.
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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 greatest pleasure is obtained by improving.
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Every day you miss playing or practicing is one day longer it takes to be good.
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Shoot a lower score than everybody else.
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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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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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Selecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own.
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Your name is the most important thing you own. Don’t ever do anything to disgrace or cheapen it.
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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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Why that would be like challenging Bing Crosby to a singing contest,wouldn’t it
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