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 HOGANMay thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.
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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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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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Good golf begins with a good grip.
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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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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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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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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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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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Hit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there.
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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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The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.
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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 have found the game to be, in all factualness, a universal language wherever I traveled at home or abroad.
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I have always felt and said that a man who can be a champion in one era could be a champion in any other era because he has what it takes to reach the top.
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