I never played a round when I didn’t learn something new about the game.
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.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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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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Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
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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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I’m glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees.
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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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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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The most important shot in golf is the next one.
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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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I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me as it bothers some people.
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If the Masters offered no money at all, I would be here trying just as hard.
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Certainly, if you can’t manage your game, you can’t play tournament golf.
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The greatest pleasure is obtained by improving.
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When you see an opportunity, you practice and work, at least from sunup to sundown.
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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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