As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.
BEN HOGANLike most professional golfers, I have a tendency to remember my poor shots a shade more vividly than the good ones.
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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There’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.
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I don’t like the glamour. I just like the game.
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I play with friends, but we don’t play friendly games.
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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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Placing the ball in the right position for the next shot is eighty percent of winning golf.
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I have found the game to be, in all factualness, a universal language wherever I traveled at home or abroad.
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Relax? How can anybody relax and play golf? You have to grip the club, don’t you?
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I’m glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees.
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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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Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.
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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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I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me as it bothers some people.
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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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Certainly, if you can’t manage your game, you can’t play tournament golf.
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