I see no reason that a golf course cannot be played in 18 birdies. Just because no one has ever done that doesn’t mean it can’t be done.
BEN HOGANSelecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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If we could have just screwed another head on his shoulders, he would have been the greatest golfer who ever lived.
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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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This is a game of misses. The guy who misses the best is going to win.
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Every day that you don’t practice is one day longer before you achieve greatness
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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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Good golf begins with a good grip.
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May thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.
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Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
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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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I have found the game to be, in all factualness, a universal language wherever I traveled at home or abroad.
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I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me as it bothers some people.
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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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Every day you miss playing or practicing is one day longer it takes to be good.
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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.
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