The average golfer’s problem is not so much the lack of ability as it is lack of knowledge about what he should be doing
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 play with friends, but we don’t play friendly games.
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I never played a round when I didn’t learn something new about the game.
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Hit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there.
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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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I’m glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees.
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Certainly, if you can’t manage your game, you can’t play tournament golf.
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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 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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Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
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Selecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own.
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There are no shortcuts in the quest for perfection.
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I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me as it bothers some people.
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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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When you see an opportunity, you practice and work, at least from sunup to sundown.
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