I hate a hook. It nauseates me. I could vomit when I see one. It’s like a rattlesnake in your pocket.
BEN HOGANWhen you see an opportunity, you practice and work, at least from sunup to sundown.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.
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If you can’t outplay them, outwork them.
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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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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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The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight.
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Shoot a lower score than everybody else.
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Every day that you don’t practice is one day longer before you achieve greatness
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I don’t believe there is anything like a natural golf swing. A golf swing is an unnatural thing, and it has to be developed.
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All other things being equal, greens break to the west.
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Hit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there.
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Selecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own.
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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 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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Good golf begins with a good grip.
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There are no shortcuts in the quest for perfection.
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