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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I have found the game to be, in all factualness, a universal language wherever I traveled at home or abroad.
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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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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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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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Selecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own.
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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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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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Every day that you don’t practice is one day longer before you achieve greatness
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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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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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This is a game of misses. The guy who misses the best is going to win.
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When you see an opportunity, you practice and work, at least from sunup to sundown.
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Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
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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’m glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees.
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