The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight.
BEN HOGANThere is no similarity between golf and putting; they are two different games, one played in the air, and the other on the ground.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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People have always been telling me what I can’t do. I guess I have wanted to show them. That’s been one of my driving forces all my life.
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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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May thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.
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Selecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own.
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I play with friends, but we don’t play friendly games.
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I have found the game to be, in all factualness, a universal language wherever I traveled at home or abroad.
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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 ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.
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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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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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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 play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.
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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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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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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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