Ben Hogan Quotes & Sayings

Golf is not a game of good shots. It's a game of bad shots. — Ben Hogan

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 — Ben Hogan

There is no similarity between golf and putting; they are two different games, one played in the air, and the other on the ground. — Ben Hogan

I don't like the glamour. I just like the game. — Ben Hogan

Like most professional golfers, I have a tendency to remember my poor shots a shade more vividly than the good ones. — Ben Hogan

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

Placing the ball in the right position for the next shot is eighty percent of winning golf. — Ben Hogan

May thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters. — Ben Hogan

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. — Ben Hogan

I liked to win, but more than anything, I loved to play the way I wanted to play — Ben Hogan

Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management. — Ben Hogan

I never played a round when I didn't learn something new about the game. — Ben Hogan

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. — Ben Hogan

Every day you miss playing or practicing is one day longer it takes to be good. — Ben Hogan

You wouldn't have had to call a penalty on me, I would've called I on myself'.
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10. "I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me like it bothers some people. You can outwork the best player in the world. — Ben Hogan

The greatest pleasure is obtained by improving. — Ben Hogan

I play with friends, but we don't play friendly games. — Ben Hogan

Relax? How can anybody relax and play golf? You have to grip the club, don't you? — Ben Hogan

There are no shortcuts in the quest for perfection. — Ben Hogan

Why that would be like challenging Bing Crosby to a singing contest,wouldn't it — Ben Hogan

Hit the ball up to the hole ... You meet a better class of people up there. — Ben Hogan

I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me as it bothers some people. — Ben Hogan

I learn something new about the game almost every time I step on the course. — Ben Hogan

Every day that you don't practice is one day longer before you achieve greatness — Ben Hogan

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. — Ben Hogan

If we could have just screwed another head on his shoulders, he would have been the greatest golfer who ever lived. — Ben Hogan

I dreamed one night that I had 17 holes-in-one and one two, and when I woke up I was so goddam mad. — Ben Hogan

I hate a hook. It nauseates me. I could vomit when I see one. It's like a rattlesnake in your pocket. — Ben Hogan

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. — Ben Hogan

All other things being equal, greens break to the west. — Ben Hogan

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 Hogan

Good golf begins with a good grip. — Ben Hogan

Golf was my life. I didn't want to give it up. So I went to work! — Ben Hogan

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. — Ben Hogan

This is a game of misses. The guy who misses the best is going to win. — Ben Hogan

A well hit golf shot is a feeling that goes up the shaft, right through your hands and into your heart. — Ben Hogan

I'm glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees. — Ben Hogan

The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball. — Ben Hogan

The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight. — Ben Hogan

As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round. — Ben Hogan

I couldn't wait for the sun to come up the next morning so that I could get out on the course again. — Ben Hogan

There are no shortcuts on the quest for perfection. — Ben Hogan

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. — Ben Hogan

A shot that goes in the cup is pure luck, but a shot to within two feet of the flag is skill. — Ben Hogan

If the Masters offered no money at all, I would be here trying just as hard. — Ben Hogan

Shoot a lower score than everybody else. — Ben Hogan

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? — Ben Hogan

Hitting a golf ball and putting have nothing in common. They're two different games. You work all your life to perfect a repeating swing that will get you to the greens, and then you have to try to do something that is totally unrelated. There shouldn't be any cups, just flag sticks. And then the man who hit the most fairways and greens and got closest to the pins would be the tournament winner. — Ben Hogan

I have found the game to be, in all factualness, a universal language wherever I traveled at home or abroad. — Ben Hogan

I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games. — Ben Hogan

When I practiced, I practiced to get it right. — Ben Hogan

The most important shot in golf is the next one. — Ben Hogan

Reverse 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. — Ben Hogan

If you can't outplay them, outwork them. — Ben Hogan

Selecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own. — Ben Hogan