You only hit a straight ball by accident. The ball is going to move right or left every time you hit it, so you had better make it go one way or the other.
BEN HOGANIf you can’t outplay them, outwork them.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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This is a game of misses. The guy who misses the best is going to win.
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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 only thing a golfer needs is more daylight.
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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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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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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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Hit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there.
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May thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.
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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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There are no shortcuts in the quest for perfection.
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The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.
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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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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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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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I never played a round when I didn’t learn something new about the game.
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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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Every day you miss playing or practicing is one day longer it takes to be good.
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Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.
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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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I play with friends, but we don’t play friendly games.
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Selecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own.
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Certainly, if you can’t manage your game, you can’t play tournament golf.
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I’m glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees.
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If you can’t outplay them, outwork them.
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All other things being equal, greens break to the west.
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