If the Masters offered no money at all, I would be here trying just as hard.
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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Golf was my life. I didn’t want to give it up. So I went to work!
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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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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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Hit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there.
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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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Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.
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I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.
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There are no shortcuts in the quest for perfection.
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If a man can shoot 10 birdies, there’s no reason why he can’t shoot 18. Why can’t you birdie every hole on the course?
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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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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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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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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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Jesus Christ can’t hit a golf ball straight. It’s virtually impossible – at best it’s an accident.
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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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