Reverse every natural instinct and do the opposite of what you are inclined to do, and you will probably come very close to having a perfect golf swing.
BEN HOGANGolf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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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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If the Masters offered no money at all, I would be here trying just as hard.
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Shoot a lower score than everybody else.
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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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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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Every day that you don’t practice is one day longer before you achieve greatness
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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 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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Hit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there.
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When I practiced, I practiced to get it right.
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I don’t believe there is anything like a natural golf swing. A golf swing is an unnatural thing, and it has to be developed.
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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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Selecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own.
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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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May thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.
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