Selecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own.
BEN HOGANYou 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.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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When you see an opportunity, you practice and work, at least from sunup to sundown.
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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 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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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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I’m glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees.
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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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The average golfer’s problem is not so much the lack of ability as it is lack of knowledge about what he should be doing
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I see no reason that a golf course cannot be played in 18 birdies. Just because no one has ever done that doesn’t mean it can’t be done.
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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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Hit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there.
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I never played a round when I didn’t learn something new about the game.
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I play with friends, but we don’t play friendly games.
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Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.
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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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Golf was my life. I didn’t want to give it up. So I went to work!
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