Like most professional golfers, I have a tendency to remember my poor shots a shade more vividly than the good ones.
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 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 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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I never played a round when I didn’t learn something new about the game.
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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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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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May thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.
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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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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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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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There are no shortcuts in the quest for perfection.
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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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I’m glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees.
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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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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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Every day that you don’t practice is one day longer before you achieve greatness
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