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.
BEN HOGANIf the Masters offered no money at all, I would be here trying just as hard.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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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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This is a game of misses. The guy who misses the best is going to win.
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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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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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Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
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I never played a round when I didn’t learn something new about the game.
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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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Golf was my life. I didn’t want to give it up. So I went to work!
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I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me as it bothers some people.
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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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I liked to win, but more than anything, I loved to play the way I wanted to play
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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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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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If you can’t outplay them, outwork them.
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