There is no similarity between golf and putting; they are two different games, one played in the air, and the other on the ground.
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.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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Hit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there.
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Every day you miss playing or practicing is one day longer it takes to be good.
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If you can’t outplay them, outwork them.
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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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Golf was my life. I didn’t want to give it up. So I went to work!
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The most important shot in golf is the next one.
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Certainly, if you can’t manage your game, you can’t play tournament golf.
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Selecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own.
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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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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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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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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’m glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees.
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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.
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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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