Golf Quotes by Ben Hogan

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

— Ben Hogan

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

— Ben Hogan

Why Don't you aim more to the right?

— Ben Hogan

There are no shortcuts in the quest for perfection.

— Ben Hogan

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

— Ben Hogan

Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.

— Ben Hogan

The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight.

— Ben Hogan

The most important shot in golf is the next one.

— Ben Hogan

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

— 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

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

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

— Ben Hogan

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

— Ben Hogan

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

— 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…

— Ben Hogan

Reverse every natural instinct and do the opposite of what you are inclined to do, and you will probably come very close…

— Ben Hogan

Certainly, if you can't manage your game, you can't play tournament golf. You continually have to ask yourself what club to play,…

— Ben Hogan

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…

— Ben Hogan

I have always felt and said that a man who can be a champion in one era could be a champion in…

— Ben Hogan

I see no reason that a golf course cannot be played in 18 birdies. Just because no one has ever done that…

— 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…

— Ben Hogan

Control is the main thing, and the tee shot is the most important shot in golf. You've got to hit the fairway…

— Ben Hogan

I have really enjoyed every minute I have spent in golf- above all, the many wonderful friends I have made. I have…

— Ben Hogan

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…

— Ben Hogan

It's the greatest par-3 hole in America.

— Ben Hogan

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

— Ben Hogan

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

— Ben Hogan

Good golf begins with a good grip.

— Ben Hogan

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

— Ben Hogan

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

— 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 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

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

— Ben Hogan

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

— Ben Hogan

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

— 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…

— 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

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

— 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…

— Ben Hogan