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Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.

Ben Hogan

May thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.
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Golf Lying Water
All other things being equal, greens break to the west.
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Break Golf West
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
Selecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own.
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Golf Stroke Wife
Every day that you don’t practice is one day longer before you achieve greatness
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Day Greatness One Practice
There are no shortcuts in the quest for perfection.
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Golf Perfection Quest
When I practiced, I practiced to get it right.
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Game Golf Practice Right
I have found the game to be, in all factualness, a universal language wherever I traveled at home or abroad.
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Game Golf Home
Shoot a lower score than everybody else.
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Game Golf Lower Score Sports
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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Golf Morning Waiting
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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Air Golf Sports
I don’t like the glamour. I just like the game.
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Games Glamour Golf
Hit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there.
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Class Golf People
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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Golf Men Reason Shoot
Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
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Games Golf Sports
I have always felt and said that a man who can be a champion in one era could be a champion in any other era because he has what it takes to reach the top.
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Champion Golf Men
Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.
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Golf Management Talent
Relax? How can anybody relax and play golf? You have to grip the club, don’t you?
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Athlete Funny Sports
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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Believe Golf Swing Unnatural
The greatest pleasure is obtained by improving.
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Greatest Improving Pleasure
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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Golf Hate Pockets
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
Jesus Christ can’t hit a golf ball straight. It’s virtually impossible – at best it’s an accident.
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Ball Golf Jesus
I never played a round when I didn’t learn something new about the game.
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Games Golf New Something
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
The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.
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Golf Judging Swings
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 Iron Player

Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.

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