I liked to win, but more than anything, I loved to play the way I wanted to play
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 play with friends, but we don’t play friendly games.
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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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Your name is the most important thing you own. Don’t ever do anything to disgrace or cheapen it.
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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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The most important shot in golf is the next one.
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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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The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight.
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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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I’m glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees.
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When you see an opportunity, you practice and work, at least from sunup to sundown.
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If a man can shoot 10 birdies, there’s no reason why he can’t shoot 18. Why can’t you birdie every hole on the course?
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The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.
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Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.
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When I practiced, I practiced to get it right.
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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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