I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.
BEN HOGANIf you can’t outplay them, outwork them.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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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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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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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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Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
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There are no shortcuts in the quest for perfection.
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The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight.
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If the Masters offered no money at all, I would be here trying just as hard.
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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 liked to win, but more than anything, I loved to play the way I wanted to play
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I don’t like the glamour. I just like the game.
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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 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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I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me as it bothers some people.
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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 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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If you can’t outplay them, outwork them.
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I play with friends, but we don’t play friendly games.
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I’m glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees.
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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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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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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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Why that would be like challenging Bing Crosby to a singing contest,wouldn’t it
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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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