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.
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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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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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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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.
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Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.
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The average golfer’s problem is not so much the lack of ability as it is lack of knowledge about what he should be doing
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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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Your name is the most important thing you own. Don’t ever do anything to disgrace or cheapen it.
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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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Hit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there.
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Like most professional golfers, I have a tendency to remember my poor shots a shade more vividly than the good ones.
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I never played a round when I didn’t learn something new about the game.
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Every day you miss playing or practicing is one day longer it takes to be good.
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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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The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight.
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