If we could have just screwed another head on his shoulders, he would have been the greatest golfer who ever lived.
BEN HOGANI dreamed one night that I had 17 holes-in-one and one two, and when I woke up I was so goddam mad.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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Placing the ball in the right position for the next shot is eighty percent of winning golf.
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I’m glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees.
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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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Hit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there.
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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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I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.
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The most important shot in golf is the next one.
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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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Every day you miss playing or practicing is one day longer it takes to be good.
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When you see an opportunity, you practice and work, at least from sunup to sundown.
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May thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.
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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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When I practiced, I practiced to get it right.
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Jesus Christ can’t hit a golf ball straight. It’s virtually impossible – at best it’s an accident.
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Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.
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