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.
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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Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
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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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The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight.
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Your name is the most important thing you own. Don’t ever do anything to disgrace or cheapen it.
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This is a game of misses. The guy who misses the best is going to win.
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The most important shot in golf is the next one.
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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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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 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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Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.
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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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Every day that you don’t practice is one day longer before you achieve greatness
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Certainly, if you can’t manage your game, you can’t play tournament golf.
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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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Hit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there.
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