If we could have just screwed another head on his shoulders, he would have been the greatest golfer who ever lived.
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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Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
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Every day that you don’t practice is one day longer before you achieve greatness
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You wouldn’t have had to call a penalty on me, I would’ve called I on myself’. 9. “I’m the sole judge of my standards”. 10. “I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me like it bothers some people. You can outwork the best player in the world.
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Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.
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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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The greatest pleasure is obtained by improving.
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I’m glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees.
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Certainly, if you can’t manage your game, you can’t play tournament golf.
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The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.
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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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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 play with friends, but we don’t play friendly games.
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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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Why that would be like challenging Bing Crosby to a singing contest,wouldn’t it
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May thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.
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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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This is a game of misses. The guy who misses the best is going to win.
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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 play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.
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Good golf begins with a good grip.
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The most important shot in golf is the next one.
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If the Masters offered no money at all, I would be here trying just as hard.
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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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Golf was my life. I didn’t want to give it up. So I went to work!
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When I practiced, I practiced to get it right.
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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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