When I practiced, I practiced to get it right.
BEN HOGANSelecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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Every day that you don’t practice is one day longer before you achieve greatness
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Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
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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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Certainly, if you can’t manage your game, you can’t play tournament golf.
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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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The most important shot in golf is the next one.
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You never fight your eye when you look at a hole. If it looks one way, play it that way. Don’t make a big deal out of an easy shot.
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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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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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All other things being equal, greens break to the west.
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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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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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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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If you can’t outplay them, outwork them.
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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.
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