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Your name is the most important thing you own. Don't ever do anything to disgrace or cheapen it.

Ben Hogan

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Ben Hogan
Age: 84 †
Born: 1912
Born: August 13
Died: 1997
Died: July 25
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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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Shoot a lower score than everybody else.
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You never fight your eye when you look at a hole. If it looks one way, play it that way. Don't make a big deal out of an easy shot.
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If a man can shoot 10 birdies, there's no reason why he can't shoot 18. Why can't you birdie every hole on the course?
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May thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.
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I never played a round when I didn't learn something new about the game.
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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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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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Relax? How can anybody relax and play golf? You have to grip the club, don't you?
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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 play with friends, but we don't play friendly games.
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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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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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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.
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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 always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me as it bothers some people.
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Hit the ball up to the hole... You meet a better class of people up there.
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