Like most professional golfers, I have a tendency to remember my poor shots a shade more vividly than the good ones.
BEN HOGANLike most professional golfers, I have a tendency to remember my poor shots a shade more vividly than the good ones.
BEN HOGANI’m glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees.
BEN HOGANA shot that goes in the cup is pure luck, but a shot to within two feet of the flag is skill.
BEN HOGANI hate a hook. It nauseates me. I could vomit when I see one. It’s like a rattlesnake in your pocket.
BEN HOGANI always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me as it bothers some people.
BEN HOGANYou 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 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.
BEN HOGANGolf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
BEN HOGANThere are no shortcuts in the quest for perfection.
BEN HOGANJesus Christ can’t hit a golf ball straight. It’s virtually impossible – at best it’s an accident.
BEN HOGANI 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.
BEN HOGANI liked to win, but more than anything, I loved to play the way I wanted to play
BEN HOGANThere’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.
BEN HOGANIf we could have just screwed another head on his shoulders, he would have been the greatest golfer who ever lived.
BEN HOGANI play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.
BEN HOGANThe only thing a golfer needs is more daylight.
BEN HOGAN