I’m glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees.
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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I hate a hook. It nauseates me. I could vomit when I see one. It’s like a rattlesnake in your pocket.
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Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.
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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 dreamed one night that I had 17 holes-in-one and one two, and when I woke up I was so goddam mad.
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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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The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight.
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All other things being equal, greens break to the west.
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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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Certainly, if you can’t manage your game, you can’t play tournament 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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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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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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Selecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own.
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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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If you can’t outplay them, outwork them.
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