When you see an opportunity, you practice and work, at least from sunup to sundown.
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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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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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 ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.
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I don’t like the glamour. I just like the game.
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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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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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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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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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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 play with friends, but we don’t play friendly games.
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Selecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own.
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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 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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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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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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