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Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.

Ben Hogan

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Ben Hogan
Age: 84 †
Born: 1912
Born: August 13
Died: 1997
Died: July 25
Golfer
Dublin
Texas
William Ben Hogan
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I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me as it bothers some people.
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Every day that you don't practice is one day longer before you achieve greatness
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I hate a hook. It nauseates me. I could vomit when I see one. It's like a rattlesnake in your pocket.
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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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Your name is the most important thing you own. Don't ever do anything to disgrace or cheapen it.
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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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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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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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The greatest pleasure is obtained by improving.
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Certainly, if you can't manage your game, you can't play tournament golf. 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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