Like most professional golfers, I have a tendency to remember my poor shots a shade more vividly than the good ones.
BEN HOGANLike most professional golfers, I have a tendency to remember my poor shots a shade more vividly than the good ones.
BEN HOGANCertainly, if you can’t manage your game, you can’t play tournament golf.
BEN HOGANWhy that would be like challenging Bing Crosby to a singing contest,wouldn’t it
BEN HOGANI 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 HOGANEvery day you miss playing or practicing is one day longer it takes to be good.
BEN HOGANReverse every natural instinct and do the opposite of what you are inclined to do, and you will probably come very close to having a perfect golf swing.
BEN HOGANThere is no similarity between golf and putting; they are two different games, one played in the air, and the other on the ground.
BEN HOGANIf you can’t outplay them, outwork them.
BEN HOGANYou 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.
BEN HOGANYou only hit a straight ball by accident. The ball is going to move right or left every time you hit it, so you had better make it go one way or the other.
BEN HOGANGood golf begins with a good grip.
BEN HOGANI don’t believe there is anything like a natural golf swing. A golf swing is an unnatural thing, and it has to be developed.
BEN HOGANIf a man can shoot 10 birdies, there’s no reason why he can’t shoot 18. Why can’t you birdie every hole on the course?
BEN HOGANThe greatest pleasure is obtained by improving.
BEN HOGANI’m glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees.
BEN HOGANI have found the game to be, in all factualness, a universal language wherever I traveled at home or abroad.
BEN HOGAN