Jesus Christ can’t hit a golf ball straight. It’s virtually impossible – at best it’s an accident.
BEN HOGANI see no reason that a golf course cannot be played in 18 birdies. Just because no one has ever done that doesn’t mean it can’t be done.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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There are no shortcuts in the quest for perfection.
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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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May thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.
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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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I don’t like the glamour. I just like the game.
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People have always been telling me what I can’t do. I guess I have wanted to show them. That’s been one of my driving forces all my life.
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Shoot a lower score than everybody else.
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Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.
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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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I see no reason that a golf course cannot be played in 18 birdies. Just because no one has ever done that doesn’t mean it can’t be done.
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All other things being equal, greens break to the west.
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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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Selecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own.
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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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Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
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