I hate a hook. It nauseates me. I could vomit when I see one. It’s like a rattlesnake in your pocket.
BEN HOGANSelecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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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 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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You wouldn’t have had to call a penalty on me, I would’ve called I on myself’. 9. “I’m the sole judge of my standards”. 10. “I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me like it bothers some people. You can outwork the best player in the world.
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Hit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there.
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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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This is a game of misses. The guy who misses the best is going to win.
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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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I play with friends, but we don’t play friendly games.
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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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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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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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When I practiced, I practiced to get it right.
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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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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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The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.
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Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.
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The greatest pleasure is obtained by improving.
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Your name is the most important thing you own. Don’t ever do anything to disgrace or cheapen it.
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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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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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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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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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I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.
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I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me as it bothers some people.
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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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