Placing the ball in the right position for the next shot is eighty percent of winning golf.
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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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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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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If the Masters offered no money at all, I would be here trying just as hard.
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Every day that you don’t practice is one day longer before you achieve greatness
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Good golf begins with a good grip.
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This is a game of misses. The guy who misses the best is going to win.
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I never played a round when I didn’t learn something new about the game.
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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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Why that would be like challenging Bing Crosby to a singing contest,wouldn’t it
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The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.
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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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The greatest pleasure is obtained by improving.
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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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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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