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.
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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Good golf begins with a good grip.
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Certainly, if you can’t manage your game, you can’t play tournament golf.
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May thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.
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Why that would be like challenging Bing Crosby to a singing contest,wouldn’t it
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If we could have just screwed another head on his shoulders, he would have been the greatest golfer who ever lived.
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There are no shortcuts in the quest for perfection.
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Every day you miss playing or practicing is one day longer it takes to be good.
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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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People have always been telling me what I can’t do. I guess I have wanted to show them. That’s been one of my driving forces all my life.
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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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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 never played a round when I didn’t learn something new about 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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Your name is the most important thing you own. Don’t ever do anything to disgrace or cheapen it.
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