As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.
BEN HOGANReverse 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.
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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I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me as it bothers some people.
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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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If the Masters offered no money at all, I would be here trying just as hard.
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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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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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Jesus Christ can’t hit a golf ball straight. It’s virtually impossible – at best it’s an accident.
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May thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.
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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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Selecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own.
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The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight.
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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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All other things being equal, greens break to the west.
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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 average golfer’s problem is not so much the lack of ability as it is lack of knowledge about what he should be doing
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