Shoot a lower score than everybody else.
BEN HOGANWhy that would be like challenging Bing Crosby to a singing contest,wouldn’t it
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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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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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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Every day you miss playing or practicing is one day longer it takes to be good.
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Selecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own.
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A shot that goes in the cup is pure luck, but a shot to within two feet of the flag is skill.
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I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me as it bothers some people.
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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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The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.
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When you see an opportunity, you practice and work, at least from sunup to sundown.
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There’s no set time or schedule for developing one’s skills as a professional golfer, and it certainly doesn’t come overnight. It’s a muscle-memory exercise that comes over time.
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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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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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Every day that you don’t practice is one day longer before you achieve greatness
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This is a game of misses. The guy who misses the best is going to win.
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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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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 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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The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight.
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Hit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there.
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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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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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I never played a round when I didn’t learn something new about the game.
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Reverse every natural instinct and do the opposite of what you are inclined to do, and you will probably come very close to having a perfect golf swing.
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The greatest pleasure is obtained by improving.
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Why that would be like challenging Bing Crosby to a singing contest,wouldn’t it
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