Ben Hogan Quotes - Page 2

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

When I practiced, I practiced to get it right.

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

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.

Jesus Christ can't hit a golf ball straight. It's virtually impossible - at best it's an accident.

I could not wait for the sun to come up the next morning so that I could get out on the course again.

I don't like the glamour. I just like the game.

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

Good golf begins with a good grip.

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

Shoot a lower score than everybody else.

The truth is, the first golf club I owned was an old left-handed, wooden-shafted, rib-faced mashie that a fellow gave me, and that's the club I was weaned on. During the mornings we caddies would bang the ball up and down the practice field until the members arrived and it was time to go to work. So I did all that formative practice left-handed. But I'm a natural right-hander.

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.

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

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

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

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?

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.