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.
BEN HOGANA shot that goes in the cup is pure luck, but a shot to within two feet of the flag is skill.
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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Golf was my life. I didn’t want to give it up. So I went to work!
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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 most important shot in golf is the next one.
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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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There are no shortcuts in the quest for perfection.
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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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Shoot a lower score than everybody else.
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I could not wait for the sun to come up the next morning so that I could get out on the course again.
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May thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.
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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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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 play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.
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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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