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.
BEN HOGANI have found the game to be, in all factualness, a universal language wherever I traveled at home or abroad.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.
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There are no shortcuts in the quest for perfection.
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I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me as it bothers some people.
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Every day you miss playing or practicing is one day longer it takes to be good.
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I’m glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees.
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Every day that you don’t practice is one day longer before you achieve greatness
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The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight.
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All other things being equal, greens break to the west.
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Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.
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I never played a round when I didn’t learn something new about the game.
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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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If the Masters offered no money at all, I would be here trying just as hard.
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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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The greatest pleasure is obtained by improving.
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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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