If we could have just screwed another head on his shoulders, he would have been the greatest golfer who ever lived.
BEN HOGANHit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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I don’t like the glamour. I just like the game.
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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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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 don’t believe there is anything like a natural golf swing. A golf swing is an unnatural thing, and it has to be developed.
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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 see no reason that a golf course cannot be played in 18 birdies. Just because no one has ever done that doesn’t mean it can’t be done.
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I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.
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Certainly, if you can’t manage your game, you can’t play tournament golf.
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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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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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I’m glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees.
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The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.
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Shoot a lower score than everybody else.
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There are no shortcuts in the quest for perfection.
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