May thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.
BEN HOGANJesus Christ can’t hit a golf ball straight. It’s virtually impossible – at best it’s an accident.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.
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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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The most important shot in golf is the next one.
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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 liked to win, but more than anything, I loved to play the way I wanted to play
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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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All other things being equal, greens break to the west.
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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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Shoot a lower score than everybody else.
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The greatest pleasure is obtained by improving.
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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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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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I’m glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees.
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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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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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