I hate a hook. It nauseates me. I could vomit when I see one. It’s like a rattlesnake in your pocket.
BEN HOGANI could not wait for the sun to come up the next morning so that I could get out on the course again.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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I liked to win, but more than anything, I loved to play the way I wanted to play
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Why that would be like challenging Bing Crosby to a singing contest,wouldn’t it
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When I practiced, I practiced to get it right.
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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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Every day that you don’t practice is one day longer before you achieve greatness
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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 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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The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.
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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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Every day you miss playing or practicing is one day longer it takes to be good.
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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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All other things being equal, greens break to the west.
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Reverse 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.
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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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