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.
BEN HOGANGolf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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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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Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
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I liked to win, but more than anything, I loved to play the way I wanted to play
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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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The most important shot in golf is the next one.
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When you see an opportunity, you practice and work, at least from sunup to sundown.
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If a man can shoot 10 birdies, there’s no reason why he can’t shoot 18. Why can’t you birdie every hole on the course?
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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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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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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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Shoot a lower score than everybody else.
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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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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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Every day you miss playing or practicing is one day longer it takes to be good.
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Selecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own.
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Every day that you don’t practice is one day longer before you achieve greatness
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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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May thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.
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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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Good golf begins with a good grip.
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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.
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The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight.
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I’m glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees.
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Certainly, if you can’t manage your game, you can’t play tournament golf.
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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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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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