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.
BEN HOGANAll other things being equal, greens break to the west.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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Why that would be like challenging Bing Crosby to a singing contest,wouldn’t it
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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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I have found the game to be, in all factualness, a universal language wherever I traveled at home or abroad.
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Every day you miss playing or practicing is one day longer it takes to be good.
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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
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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 play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.
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I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me as it bothers some people.
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The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.
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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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When you see an opportunity, you practice and work, at least from sunup to sundown.
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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 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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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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I play with friends, but we don’t play friendly games.
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