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 HOGANWhy that would be like challenging Bing Crosby to a singing contest,wouldn’t it
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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If the Masters offered no money at all, I would be here trying just as hard.
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If a man can shoot 10 birdies, there’s no reason why he can’t shoot 18. Why can’t you birdie every hole on the course?
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The greatest pleasure is obtained by improving.
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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 play with friends, but we don’t play friendly games.
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You continually have to ask yourself what club to play, where to aim it, whether to accept a safe par or to try to go for a birdie. You can’t play every hole the same way. I never could.
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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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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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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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When you see an opportunity, you practice and work, at least from sunup to sundown.
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Shoot a lower score than everybody else.
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When I practiced, I practiced to get it right.
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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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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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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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