A shot that goes in the cup is pure luck, but a shot to within two feet of the flag is skill.
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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Your name is the most important thing you own. Don’t ever do anything to disgrace or cheapen it.
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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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I’m glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees.
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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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May thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.
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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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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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Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.
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I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.
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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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Good golf begins with a good grip.
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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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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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