Golf was my life. I didn’t want to give it up. So I went to work!
BEN HOGANI don’t believe there is anything like a natural golf swing. A golf swing is an unnatural thing, and it has to be developed.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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You only hit a straight ball by accident. The ball is going to move right or left every time you hit it, so you had better make it go one way or the other.
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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 always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me as it bothers some people.
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I don’t like the glamour. I just like the game.
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I’m glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees.
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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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Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.
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Relax? How can anybody relax and play golf? You have to grip the club, don’t you?
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When I practiced, I practiced to get it right.
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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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All other things being equal, greens break to the west.
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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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Hit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there.
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I play with friends, but we don’t play friendly games.
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I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.
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