When you see an opportunity, you practice and work, at least from sunup to sundown.
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 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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Every day you miss playing or practicing is one day longer it takes to be good.
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You continually have to ask yourself what club to play, where to aim it, whether to accept a safe par or to try to go for a birdie. You can’t play every hole the same way. I never could.
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I dreamed one night that I had 17 holes-in-one and one two, and when I woke up I was so goddam mad.
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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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I’m glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees.
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The most important shot in golf is the next one.
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If you can’t outplay them, outwork them.
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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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Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.
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If we could have just screwed another head on his shoulders, he would have been the greatest golfer who ever lived.
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Certainly, if you can’t manage your game, you can’t play tournament golf.
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I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.
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I don’t like the glamour. I just like the game.
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You never fight your eye when you look at a hole. If it looks one way, play it that way. Don’t make a big deal out of an easy shot.
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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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All other things being equal, greens break to the west.
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Good golf begins with a good grip.
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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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Relax? How can anybody relax and play golf? You have to grip the club, don’t you?
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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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Placing the ball in the right position for the next shot is eighty percent of winning golf.
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I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me as it bothers some people.
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Hit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there.
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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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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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