I hate a hook. It nauseates me. I could vomit when I see one. It’s like a rattlesnake in your pocket.
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 don’t like the glamour. I just like the game.
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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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Why that would be like challenging Bing Crosby to a singing contest,wouldn’t it
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I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me as it bothers some people.
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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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I’m glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees.
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This is a game of misses. The guy who misses the best is going to win.
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The greatest pleasure is obtained by improving.
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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 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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All other things being equal, greens break to the west.
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The most important shot in golf is the next one.
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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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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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There is no similarity between golf and putting; they are two different games, one played in the air, and the other on the ground.
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