I hate a hook. It nauseates me. I could vomit when I see one. It’s like a rattlesnake in your pocket.
BEN HOGANI hate a hook. It nauseates me. I could vomit when I see one. It’s like a rattlesnake in your pocket.
BEN HOGANWhen I practiced, I practiced to get it right.
BEN HOGANGood golf begins with a good grip.
BEN HOGANI dreamed one night that I had 17 holes-in-one and one two, and when I woke up I was so goddam mad.
BEN HOGANGolf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
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.
BEN HOGANEvery day that you don’t practice is one day longer before you achieve greatness
BEN HOGANWhen you see an opportunity, you practice and work, at least from sunup to sundown.
BEN HOGANSelecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own.
BEN HOGANMay thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.
BEN HOGANYou wouldn’t have had to call a penalty on me, I would’ve called I on myself’. 9. “I’m the sole judge of my standards”. 10. “I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me like it bothers some people. You can outwork the best player in the world.
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 HOGANThe ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.
BEN HOGANIf the Masters offered no money at all, I would be here trying just as hard.
BEN HOGANI don’t believe there is anything like a natural golf swing. A golf swing is an unnatural thing, and it has to be developed.
BEN HOGANIf you can’t outplay them, outwork them.
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