Golf was my life. I didn’t want to give it up. So I went to work!
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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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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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.
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Certainly, if you can’t manage your game, you can’t play tournament golf.
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All other things being equal, greens break to the west.
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There are no shortcuts in the quest for perfection.
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The most important shot in golf is the next one.
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The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.
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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 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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Shoot a lower score than everybody else.
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Hit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there.
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If the Masters offered no money at all, I would be here trying just as hard.
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Jesus Christ can’t hit a golf ball straight. It’s virtually impossible – at best it’s an accident.
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A shot that goes in the cup is pure luck, but a shot to within two feet of the flag is skill.
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You hear stories about me beating my brains out practising, but the truth is, I was enjoying myself. I couldn’t wait to get up in the morning, so I could hit balls. When I’m hitting the ball where I want, hard and crisply, it’s a joy that very few people experience.
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