Certainly, if you can’t manage your game, you can’t play tournament golf.
BEN HOGANCertainly, if you can’t manage your game, you can’t play tournament golf.
BEN HOGANYou 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.
BEN HOGANPeople 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.
BEN HOGANThere’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.
BEN HOGANThe only thing a golfer needs is more daylight.
BEN HOGANLike most professional golfers, I have a tendency to remember my poor shots a shade more vividly than the good ones.
BEN HOGANYou 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.
BEN HOGANJesus Christ can’t hit a golf ball straight. It’s virtually impossible – at best it’s an accident.
BEN HOGANWhy that would be like challenging Bing Crosby to a singing contest,wouldn’t it
BEN HOGANI play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.
BEN HOGANThis is a game of misses. The guy who misses the best is going to win.
BEN HOGANReverse every natural instinct and do the opposite of what you are inclined to do, and you will probably come very close to having a perfect golf swing.
BEN HOGANThe most important shot in golf is the next one.
BEN HOGANGolf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
BEN HOGANWhen I practiced, I practiced to get it right.
BEN HOGANAs you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.
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