Relax? How can anybody relax and play golf? You have to grip the club, don’t you?
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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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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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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When you see an opportunity, you practice and work, at least from sunup to sundown.
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You never fight your eye when you look at a hole. If it looks one way, play it that way. Don’t make a big deal out of an easy shot.
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I’m glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees.
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Shoot a lower score than everybody else.
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Certainly, if you can’t manage your game, you can’t play tournament golf.
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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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Your name is the most important thing you own. Don’t ever do anything to disgrace or cheapen it.
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The most important shot in golf is the next one.
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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 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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You 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.
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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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Hit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there.
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