Certainly, if you can’t manage your game, you can’t play tournament golf.
BEN HOGANMay thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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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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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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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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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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Selecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own.
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I never played a round when I didn’t learn something new about the game.
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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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I don’t like the glamour. I just like the game.
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May thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.
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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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All other things being equal, greens break to the west.
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I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.
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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 liked to win, but more than anything, I loved to play the way I wanted to play
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Every day you miss playing or practicing is one day longer it takes to be good.
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