Your name is the most important thing you own. Don’t ever do anything to disgrace or cheapen it.
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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You wouldn’t have had to call a penalty on me, I would’ve called I on myself’. 9. “I’m the sole judge of my standards”. 10. “I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me like it bothers some people. You can outwork the best player in the world.
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I hate a hook. It nauseates me. I could vomit when I see one. It’s like a rattlesnake in your pocket.
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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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Why that would be like challenging Bing Crosby to a singing contest,wouldn’t it
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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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I never played a round when I didn’t learn something new about the game.
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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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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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The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.
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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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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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Every day you miss playing or practicing is one day longer it takes to be good.
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This is a game of misses. The guy who misses the best is going to win.
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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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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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