Ben Hogan Quotes about Golf - Page 2

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!

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.

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?

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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