Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
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 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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The most important shot in golf is the next one.
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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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As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.
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Every day you miss playing or practicing is one day longer it takes to be good.
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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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Shoot a lower score than everybody else.
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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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There are no shortcuts in the quest for perfection.
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The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight.
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When you see an opportunity, you practice and work, at least from sunup to sundown.
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All other things being equal, greens break to the west.
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I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.
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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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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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