A shot that goes in the cup is pure luck, but a shot to within two feet of the flag is skill.
BEN HOGANMay thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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May thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.
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Selecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own.
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Certainly, if you can’t manage your game, you can’t play tournament golf.
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I never played a round when I didn’t learn something new about the game.
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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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I have found the game to be, in all factualness, a universal language wherever I traveled at home or abroad.
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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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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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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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If the Masters offered no money at all, I would be here trying just as hard.
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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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I liked to win, but more than anything, I loved to play the way I wanted to play
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I don’t like the glamour. I just like the game.
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Hit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there.
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There are no shortcuts in the quest for perfection.
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