I dreamed one night that I had 17 holes-in-one and one two, and when I woke up I was so goddam mad.
BEN HOGANAll other things being equal, greens break to the west.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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Every day that you don’t practice is one day longer before you achieve greatness
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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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Jesus Christ can’t hit a golf ball straight. It’s virtually impossible – at best it’s an accident.
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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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All other things being equal, greens break to the west.
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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.
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Shoot a lower score than everybody else.
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Reverse 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.
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Golf was my life. I didn’t want to give it up. So I went to work!
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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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Relax? How can anybody relax and play golf? You have to grip the club, don’t you?
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I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.
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You 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.
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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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Good golf begins with a good grip.
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