I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.
BEN HOGANMay thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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Good golf begins with a good grip.
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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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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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Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.
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When you see an opportunity, you practice and work, at least from sunup to sundown.
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Hit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there.
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People have always been telling me what I can’t do. I guess I have wanted to show them. That’s been one of my driving forces all my life.
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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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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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I have found the game to be, in all factualness, a universal language wherever I traveled at home or abroad.
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If a man can shoot 10 birdies, there’s no reason why he can’t shoot 18. Why can’t you birdie every hole on the course?
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Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
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I don’t like the glamour. I just like the game.
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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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All other things being equal, greens break to the west.
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