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
BEN HOGANI liked to win, but more than anything, I loved to play the way I wanted to play
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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Certainly, if you can’t manage your game, you can’t play tournament golf.
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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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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 play with friends, but we don’t play friendly games.
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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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The most important shot in golf is the next one.
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The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.
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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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When you see an opportunity, you practice and work, at least from sunup to sundown.
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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 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 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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Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
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Why that would be like challenging Bing Crosby to a singing contest,wouldn’t it
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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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