Good golf begins with a good grip.
BEN HOGANGolf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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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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Hit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there.
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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.
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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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The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight.
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Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
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Shoot a lower score than everybody else.
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This is a game of misses. The guy who misses the best is going to win.
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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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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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When I practiced, I practiced to get it right.
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The average golfer’s problem is not so much the lack of ability as it is lack of knowledge about what he should be doing
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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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If the Masters offered no money at all, I would be here trying just as hard.
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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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