I dreamed one night that I had 17 holes-in-one and one two, and when I woke up I was so goddam mad.
BEN HOGANIf we could have just screwed another head on his shoulders, he would have been the greatest golfer who ever lived.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
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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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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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Jesus Christ can’t hit a golf ball straight. It’s virtually impossible – at best it’s an accident.
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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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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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There are no shortcuts in the quest for perfection.
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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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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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Certainly, if you can’t manage your game, you can’t play tournament golf.
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I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me as it bothers some people.
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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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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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All other things being equal, greens break to the west.
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You wouldn’t have had to call a penalty on me, I would’ve called I on myself’. 9. “I’m the sole judge of my standards”. 10. “I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me like it bothers some people. You can outwork the best player in the world.
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