Jesus Christ can’t hit a golf ball straight. It’s virtually impossible – at best it’s an accident.
BEN HOGANPlacing the ball in the right position for the next shot is eighty percent of winning golf.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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When I practiced, I practiced to get it right.
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When you see an opportunity, you practice and work, at least from sunup to sundown.
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Hit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there.
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All other things being equal, greens break to the west.
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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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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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Placing the ball in the right position for the next shot is eighty percent of winning golf.
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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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Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
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If the Masters offered no money at all, I would be here trying just as hard.
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Certainly, if you can’t manage your game, you can’t play tournament golf.
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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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Why that would be like challenging Bing Crosby to a singing contest,wouldn’t it
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I dreamed one night that I had 17 holes-in-one and one two, and when I woke up I was so goddam mad.
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