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.
BEN HOGANYou 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.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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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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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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I don’t like the glamour. I just like the game.
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I never played a round when I didn’t learn something new about the game.
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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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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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When I practiced, I practiced to get it right.
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The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight.
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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.
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This is a game of misses. The guy who misses the best is going to win.
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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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Hit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there.
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I play with friends, but we don’t play friendly games.
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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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The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.
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