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.
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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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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Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.
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The greatest pleasure is obtained by improving.
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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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If the Masters offered no money at all, I would be here trying just as hard.
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This is a game of misses. The guy who misses the best is going to win.
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I never played a round when I didn’t learn something new about the game.
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Relax? How can anybody relax and play golf? You have to grip the club, don’t you?
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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 liked to win, but more than anything, I loved to play the way I wanted to play
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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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Selecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own.
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Every day you miss playing or practicing is one day longer it takes to be good.
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I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.
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