I hate a hook. It nauseates me. I could vomit when I see one. It’s like a rattlesnake in your pocket.
BEN HOGANCertainly, if you can’t manage your game, you can’t play tournament golf.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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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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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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Hit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there.
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When I practiced, I practiced to get it right.
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Like most professional golfers, I have a tendency to remember my poor shots a shade more vividly than the good ones.
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Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
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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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There are no shortcuts in the quest for perfection.
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I never played a round when I didn’t learn something new about the game.
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The greatest pleasure is obtained by improving.
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The most important shot in golf is the next one.
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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 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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The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight.
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May thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.
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