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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Every day you miss playing or practicing is one day longer it takes to be good.
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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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When I practiced, I practiced to get it right.
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Selecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own.
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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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The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.
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There is no similarity between golf and putting; they are two different games, one played in the air, and the other on the ground.
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If the Masters offered no money at all, I would be here trying just as hard.
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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 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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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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I’m glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees.
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The greatest pleasure is obtained by improving.
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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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Shoot a lower score than everybody else.
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