Ben Hogan Quotations

The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 don't believe there is anything like a natural golf swing. A golf swing is an unnatural thing, and it has to be developed.

I have really enjoyed every minute I have spent in golf- above all, the many wonderful friends I have made. I have loved playing the game and practicing it. Whether my schedule for the following day called for a tournament round or merely a trip to the practice tee, the prospect that there was going to be golf in it made me feel privileged and extremely happy, and I couldn't wait for the sun to come up the next morning so that I could get out on the course again

Good golf begins with a good grip.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Shoot a lower score than everybody else.

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

Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.

When I practiced, I practiced to get it right.

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

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.

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?

There are no shortcuts in the quest for perfection.

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

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.

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

The most important shot in golf is the next one.

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

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

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

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

The greatest pleasure is obtained by improving.

If you can't outplay them, outwork them.

If a man can shoot 10 birdies, there's no reason why he can't shoot18. Why can't you birdie every hole on the course?

What in the world am I doing in a golf course where guys shoot 61?

Why Don't you aim more to the right?

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