As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.
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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Selecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own.
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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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Jesus Christ can’t hit a golf ball straight. It’s virtually impossible – at best it’s an accident.
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You wouldn’t have had to call a penalty on me, I would’ve called I on myself’. 9. “I’m the sole judge of my standards”. 10. “I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me like it bothers some people. You can outwork the best player in the world.
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If the Masters offered no money at all, I would be here trying just as hard.
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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 never played a round when I didn’t learn something new about the game.
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When I practiced, I practiced to get it right.
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The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight.
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I don’t believe there is anything like a natural golf swing. A golf swing is an unnatural thing, and it has to be developed.
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Like most professional golfers, I have a tendency to remember my poor shots a shade more vividly than the good ones.
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Certainly, if you can’t manage your game, you can’t play tournament golf.
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There’s no set time or schedule for developing one’s skills as a professional golfer, and it certainly doesn’t come overnight. It’s a muscle-memory exercise that comes over time.
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When you see an opportunity, you practice and work, at least from sunup to sundown.
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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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