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.
BEN HOGANYou 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.
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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Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
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Every day that you don’t practice is one day longer before you achieve greatness
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If the Masters offered no money at all, I would be here trying just as hard.
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The most important shot in golf is the next one.
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Jesus Christ can’t hit a golf ball straight. It’s virtually impossible – at best it’s an accident.
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Every day you miss playing or practicing is one day longer it takes to be good.
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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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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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Placing the ball in the right position for the next shot is eighty percent of winning golf.
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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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Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.
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Hit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there.
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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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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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