As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.
BEN HOGANThe only thing a golfer needs is more daylight.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
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There is no similarity between golf and putting; they are two different games, one played in the air, and the other on the ground.
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Good golf begins with a good grip.
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A shot that goes in the cup is pure luck, but a shot to within two feet of the flag is skill.
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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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I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me as it bothers some people.
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I play with friends, but we don’t play friendly games.
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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 liked to win, but more than anything, I loved to play the way I wanted to play
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I could not wait for the sun to come up the next morning so that I could get out on the course again.
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Certainly, if you can’t manage your game, you can’t play tournament golf.
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If you can’t outplay them, outwork them.
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If the Masters offered no money at all, I would be here trying just as hard.
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When you see an opportunity, you practice and work, at least from sunup to sundown.
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Every day that you don’t practice is one day longer before you achieve greatness
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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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The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight.
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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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I have found the game to be, in all factualness, a universal language wherever I traveled at home or abroad.
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All other things being equal, greens break to the west.
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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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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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Your name is the most important thing you own. Don’t ever do anything to disgrace or cheapen it.
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Hit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there.
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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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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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