Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.
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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If 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?
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You never fight your eye when you look at a hole. If it looks one way, play it that way. Don’t make a big deal out of an easy shot.
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There are no shortcuts in the quest for perfection.
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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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When you see an opportunity, you practice and work, at least from sunup to sundown.
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May thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.
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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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If we could have just screwed another head on his shoulders, he would have been the greatest golfer who ever lived.
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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 hate a hook. It nauseates me. I could vomit when I see one. It’s like a rattlesnake in your pocket.
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Hit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there.
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If the Masters offered no money at all, I would be here trying just as hard.
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Every day that you don’t practice is one day longer before you achieve greatness
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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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The most important shot in golf is the next one.
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