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.
BEN HOGANI never played a round when I didn’t learn something new about the game.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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When I practiced, I practiced to get it right.
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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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Golf was my life. I didn’t want to give it up. So I went to work!
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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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Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.
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Shoot a lower score than everybody else.
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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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The greatest pleasure is obtained by improving.
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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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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.
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Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
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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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Jesus Christ can’t hit a golf ball straight. It’s virtually impossible – at best it’s an accident.
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I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.
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All other things being equal, greens break to the west.
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