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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 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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Shoot a lower score than everybody else.
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There are no shortcuts in the quest for perfection.
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Placing the ball in the right position for the next shot is eighty percent of winning golf.
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If you can't outplay them, outwork them.
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This is a game of misses. The guy who misses the best is going to win.
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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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Relax? How can anybody relax and play golf? You have to grip the club, don't you?
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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 play with friends, but we don't play friendly games.
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You only hit a straight ball by accident. The ball is going to move right or left every time you hit it, so you had better make it go one way or the other.
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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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May thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.
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Golf is not a game of good shots. It's a game of bad shots.
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The most important shot in golf is the next one.
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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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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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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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I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me as it bothers some people.
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