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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.

Ben Hogan

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.
BEN HOGAN

Golf Morning People
All other things being equal, greens break to the west.
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Break Golf West
Shoot a lower score than everybody else.
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Game Golf Lower Score Sports
If the Masters offered no money at all, I would be here trying just as hard.
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Golf Hrad Money Try Trying
As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.
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Friday Inspirational Sports
If we could have just screwed another head on his shoulders, he would have been the greatest golfer who ever lived.
BEN HOGAN

Athlete Golfer Sports
I’m glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees.
BEN HOGAN

Golf Knees Monsters
Selecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own.
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Golf Stroke Wife
Hit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there.
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Class Golf People
Placing the ball in the right position for the next shot is eighty percent of winning golf.
BEN HOGAN

Golf Sports Winning
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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Driving Force People
Good golf begins with a good grip.
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Golf Good
I dreamed one night that I had 17 holes-in-one and one two, and when I woke up I was so goddam mad.
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Dreaned Golf Holes Night
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?
BEN HOGAN

Golf Men Reason Shoot
I liked to win, but more than anything, I loved to play the way I wanted to play
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Play Way Winning
Golf was my life. I didn’t want to give it up. So I went to work!
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Giving Golf Life Work
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 Luck Skills Two
There are no shortcuts in the quest for perfection.
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Golf Perfection Quest
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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Judging People Player
I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.
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Games Golf Persistence
The most important shot in golf is the next one.
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Golf Important Next One
May thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.
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Golf Lying Water
Relax? How can anybody relax and play golf? You have to grip the club, don’t you?
BEN HOGAN

Athlete Funny Sports
The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.
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Golf Judging Swings
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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Golf Poor Remember Shade Tendency
I hate a hook. It nauseates me. I could vomit when I see one. It’s like a rattlesnake in your pocket.
BEN HOGAN

Golf Hate Pockets
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.
BEN HOGAN

Exercise Memories Skill

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